Fire at Michigan fuel facility may have started near electric meter, flames are mostly outVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility that caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations may have started near an electric meter, authorities said Wednesday. New General Motors board tells management to bring vehicles to market more quicklyTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — At its first meeting, the board overseeing the new General Motors Co. ordered management to bring some new vehicles to market faster, a sign that the new 13-member board will play a far larger role than the old one. Authorities: Fire at Michigan fuel storage facility that prompted evacuations is ‘mostly out’VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say crews have contained a fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations. Crews to return to Michigan fuel storage facility where blaze sparked explosions, evacuationsVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Fire crews planned to return Wednesday to a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze sparked multiple oil barrel explosions and prompted area evacuations. Oil barrels explode as fire rages at Mich. fuel storage site, residents evacuated for milesVIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Exploding oil barrels flew into the air as a fire raged Tuesday at a fuel storage facility about 65 miles north of Detroit, authorities said. Area residents were evacuated and two firefighters suffered minor injuries. Dow Chemical prices $2.75B debt offering, on track to pay off bridge loan by year-endMIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it priced a $2.75 billion public debt offering, and will use the proceeds to help repay a loan used to acquire smaller rival Rohm & Haas Co. for $16.5 billion earlier this year. ArvinMeritor posts 3Q loss on production decline; inks deal to sell wheels unit for $180MTROY, Mich. — Auto parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. posted a $162 million loss Tuesday for its fiscal third quarter as worldwide vehicle production fell and said it has agreed to sell its wheels business, the latest in a series of divestitures. Shares of auto supplier TRW rise as 2Q results beat analyst estimatesLIVONIA, Mich. — Shares of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. surged Tuesday after the company reported a second-quarter loss that was narrower than analysts’ expectations. Jobs trump fears of terrorists in small Michigan town where Guantanamo detainees may be sentSTANDISH, Mich. — To many people struggling in this job-starved part of rural Michigan, unemployment is a bigger threat than terrorists. Fast food, long time: Mich. women depart McDonald’s after more than 4 decades combined workNORTH MUSKEGON, Mich. — When Marlene Wickerink and Janet Chapman decided to retire from the McDonald’s restaurant in North Muskegon, more than four decades of experience walked out the door with them. Deputy warns Mich. woman about begging for cigarette money, arrests her after she begs againDECATUR TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 49-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who asked a sheriff’s deputy to lend her money for cigarettes after just being told to stop begging by the deputy ended up behind bars. Kaydon board boosts regular quarterly dividend 5.9 percent to 18 cents, payable Oct. 5ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kaydon Corp. on Friday said its board boosted its quarterly dividend by 5.9 percent to 18 cents per share. Michigan power company CMS Energy back 2009 outlook of $1.25 per shareJACKSON, Mich. — Power company CMS Energy on Thursday reaffirmed its adjusted profit outlook for 2009 of $1.25 per share. Do not pass go, go to jail: Michigan man jailed after assault during game of MonopolyFRASER, Mich. — A game of Monopoly has landed a Michigan man in jail. WDIV-TV reported a 54-year-old man was playing the board game Saturday night with a female friend when he tried to buy Park Place and Boardwalk from her. Kellogg increases 2009 earnings guidance but says it will spend more on cost-cutting planBATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. revised its second-quarter guidance Thursday and said it will invest more in its cost-cutting plan in 2009. Kellogg profit increases in second-quarter, ahead of Street expectationsPORTLAND, Ore. — Kellogg Co. reported second-quarter profits that beat expectations Thursday, saying it expects full year results at the high end of its goal. Dow Chemical posts 2nd-qtr loss on special charges related to Rohm & Haas acquisitionMIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Co. on Thursday posted a second-quarter loss driven by charges related to the buyout of rival Rohm & Haas and dismal sales for chemicals used in everything from plastic bags to cars. Cool weather across parts of eastern US disappoints many beach-going tourists, delays harvestsTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Towels draped over their heads, Lisa Hendrix and Jennifer Webster lounged on a sparsely populated Lake Michigan beach Friday as raindrops trickled from a gloomy sky. Michigan brothers boast of a pair of behemoth bovines weighing a combined 3,334 poundsFOWLERVILLE, Mich. — The Bontekoe brothers can boast of bovines that have grown to behemoth proportions. Jack and Cal Bontekoe of Deerfield Township raised two dairy steers with a combined weight of more than 3,300 pounds, the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell reported in an article published Friday. 150 dogs found dead in freezers at Mich. home after over 110 dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, rescuedDEARBORN, Mich. — Police on Friday found about 150 dead dogs packed in freezers in the basement of a Michigan house littered with feces and trash where more than 110 live dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, were rescued this week. AnnArbor.com, successor to The Ann Arbor News, goes live as new news source in college townANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ann Arbor has a new source for news. More than 90 dogs _ mostly Chihuahuas _ taken from feces- and trash-filled Detroit-area homeDEARBORN, Mich. — A man kept more than 90 dogs — mostly Chihuahuas — in a small suburban Detroit home that from the outside looked generally well kept but inside was filled with feces and trash, authorities said Thursday. Police: Drunken driver makes rest stop on lawn of Michigan State Police post in Paw PawPAW PAW, Mich. — Authorities said a lost and confused drunken driver picked the wrong place to stop and rest — the front lawn of the Michigan State Police post in Paw Paw. Police said the man drove onto the lawn of the post early Thursday after overshooting the station’s parking lot. He was visibly intoxicated and had vomited on himself. ‘Farewell Ann Arbor’: Michigan newspaper closes after 174 years; new online site emergesANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Ann Arbor News hit the streets Thursday for the last time in 174 years, a victim of the struggling newspaper industry, and will be replaced by an online news operation built from scratch by the same owner. Ford Motor Co. posts surprise $2.3B 2Q profit on debt reduction and cost cutsDEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co.’s return to profitability last quarter won’t last long unless it can boost sales of cars and trucks and continue to grab market share from rivals. Michigan newspaper, Ann Arbor to close after 174 years
Michigan family cries foul after their turkey was taken from their homeCLIMAX, Mich. — Police are on the hunt for a prowler who made off with a western Michigan farm family’s fowl. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s office said the 3-month-old female turkey was stolen sometime Sunday or Monday from a rural home in Climax, about 50 miles south-southeast of Grand Rapids. CMS Energy tenders $309.4 million in senior notes due 2010 and 2011JACKSON, Mich. — Utility company CMS Energy Corp., said Wednesday that $309.4 million of its senior notes were tendered under an offer that expired Tuesday. Appliance maker Whirlpools 2nd-qtr profit falls 33 percent on lower consumer demandGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A significant drop in consumer demand slashed second-quarter profit 33 percent at Whirlpool Corp., the world’s largest maker of home appliances. Chrysler says it will match government’s $4,500 ‘cash for clunkers’ trade-in incentiveAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler says it will match the $4,500 government incentive for people to trade in their old gas guzzlers for new vehicles under the “cash for clunkers” program. |
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Geoff Larcom has covered higher education, written columns and led sports coverage at The Ann Arbor News. His final assignment: the newspaper’s own obituary after 174 years. The only daily newspaper in this college town — daily circulation 45,000 — is rolling off the presses for the last time on Thursday and going out of business. It is being replaced by AnnArbor.com, an online news site that will produce a print edition twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.
