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JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy is advising the public to practice extreme caution when visiting areas near its 13 hydroelectric generating plants in the winter months, located on the Manistee, Muskegon, Au Sable, Kalamazoo and Grand Rivers. In particular the utility is warning people about the likelihood of thin ice up and downstream of the dams. "Ice conditions on the reservoirs next to these hydro plants can change rapidly due to unpredictable...
WIXOM, Mich., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ArtServe Michigan today released its second Creative State Michigan report detailing FY 2010 economic impact data from 346 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that together contributed more than half a billion dollars in expenditures alone to Michigan's economy in 2010. Learn more at www.CreativeStateMI.org. The report reveals significant growth of arts-related jobs and businesses from 2006 to 2011; arts-related jobs increased by...
DETROIT, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Meeting and convention bookings in metro Detroit are on the rise, the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) announced today at its Annual Membership Meeting. Booked business in 2012 totaled close to $200 million in direct spending for the region, which is up from $94 million in 2011, said Larry Alexander, DMCVB President & CEO. Major bookings in 2012 included the National Medical Association, Society of Hispanic...
-- The Children's Center AutoGlow Vive Detroit, presented by Ford Motor Company, held at Ford Field, was Detroit's exclusive afterglow event following the North American International Auto Show Charity Preview on January 18, 2013 -- This year's event exceeded previous records with more than $250,000 raised and 1,000 guests in attendance DETROIT, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year's sold out AutoGlow: Vive Detroit, presented by Ford Motor Company, featuring Parisian...
Renovation of historic Sears building and upscale 10 West Loft Apartments, opening of Lafayette Market, Anytime Fitness and 18 new Unity Park homes culminates Pontiac's successful 2-year economic transformation with MSHDA, Land Bank DETRIOT, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by MSHDA: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/MM85741LOGO) Who: MSHDA Executive Director Scott Woosley; Pontiac Mayor Leon Jukowski; Pontiac City Council...
DETROIT, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau: What: Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) 2013 Annual Membership Meeting Who: DMCVB members and the general public are welcome to attend. Cost is $45 for DMCVB members and $50 for non-members. Onsite registration will be available. When: Monday, January 28, 2013 9 a.m.-noon Where: Max M. Fisher Music Center...
WARREN, Mich., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Regardless of political sentiments in Lansing, The Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) today urged both the State House and Senate to appropriate $30 million in federal funds available for laying the groundwork for implementing the state-federal partnership health care marketplace here in Michigan. According to MBPA CEO Jennifer Kluge, the current push arises from the state's recent receipt of a $30 million...
GROSSOLOGY: The Impolite Science of the Human Body MIDLAND, Mich., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids and adults will love discovering the science behind the slimy, mushy, oozy, and stinky things that occur every day in the human body at Grossology: The Impolite Science of the Human Body now on display at the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art at Midland Center for the Arts. Visitors should prepare themselves for the good, the bad and the downright ugly about runny...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) announces the following Webcast: What: BorgWarner 2012 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Conference Call When: February 14 @ 9:30 am Eastern Where: http://www.borgwarner.com/en/Investors/Webcasts/default.aspx How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will...
Illusions, Song and Dance at Midland Center for the Arts MIDLAND, Mich., Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Shake off the winter blahs with the "Winter Escape" Series from MATRIX:MIDLAND, bringing "Big City" professional performances to Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region for 35 years! First, it's The Jason Bishop Show on Friday, February 8, at 8 p.m. From his breathtaking "Double Levitation" to his cutting edge "Op-Art" and "Plasma" illusions, America's Hottest Young...
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Isle Royal National Park is located in the state of Michigan in the United States. The park contains 571,790 acres of land and water. Its mains feature is Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior that stretches over forty-five miles. The park also contains four hundred smaller islands and the water that connects them. The park was established in 1940, designated as a Wilderness Area in 1976, and designated as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980. Isle Royal once hosted a...
The Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to the Palearctic ecozone (belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas), and is widespread throughout northern Europe, from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia. It was introduced to Morocco in 1948, however...
The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. It comprises five subspecies, including the Arctic grayling proper (T. arcticus arcticus). It is native to the Nearctic (one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface) and Palearctic ecozones, T. arcticus arcticus being widespread throughout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper...
