Michigan Sun news

World Bank UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region

The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday. The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region. "The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries ...
Michigans Adventure Opens Tomorrow

With Michigan's Adventure opening tomorrow, employees are finishing up the last minute touches. Located on the western side of the state, closer to Lake Michigan than Lake Erie, there are so many things to see and do, from frolicking at the dunes to camping and kayaking, Michigan's Adventure makes for a ...
Lawmakers push state to make sure pet coke piles are safe

Two members of Michigan's congressional delegation are targeting the growing piles of petroleum coke along the Detroit River, calling on the state's environmental agency to enforce all applicable regulations against the company handling the material. For months, residents in southwest Detroit and Windsor have grown increasingly alarmed at the mounds of the dark, rock-like substance on ...
Trump to headline Oakland County GOP dinner tonight

Novi - Donald Trump, the billionaire real-estate developer and entertainer who flirted with running for president last year, will be the keynote speaker Tuesday evening at the Oakland County Republican Party's largest fundraiser of the year. The challenge to recapture American greatness is the theme of Trump's message to the Lincoln Day dinner at the Suburban Collection Showplace in ...
Mich. reveals program to prevent school violence

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's attorney general laid out a proposal Tuesday aimed at preventing violence in schools by creating a confidential tipline for parents and students to report potentially dangerous ...

Movie Review

Jack Goes Boating [Blu-Ray]

For his directorial debut, it is not particularly surprising that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman decided to helm a screen adaption of Jack Goes Boating, the 2007 off-Broadway play by Robert Glaudini, himself a veteran character actor, which Hoffmans production company stag ... ...

On Facebook

Loose Window Trim Shuts Down Huron Near Michigan

CHICAGO (CBS) — A block of Huron Street was cordoned off this afternoon between Michigan Avenue and Rush Street – so a fallen piece of metal window trim could be removed from a ninth- floor ...
Lawyer Spare former Michigan justice prison

Prosecutors say a former Michigan Supreme Court justice should do some time for defrauding the bank that held the mortgage on her home. Diane Hathaway is scheduled to be sentenced next Tuesday. Her lawyer submitted written arguments Monday to a federal judge in Detroit, The Detroit News reported. Hathaway has admitted she gave the bank false information when she sought authorization for a ...
Detroit Mower Gang to spend 24 hours mowing playgrounds

A group known as the Detroit Mower Gang is inviting volunteers to join them for a 24-hour event to mow grass at the city's abandoned playgrounds. Detroit Mower Gang chief mower Tom Nardone, 43, said the first Motown Mowdown by Husqvarna will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at O'Shea Playground and will pause only for participants to camp out for the night in a Detroit park, organizers said ...
Tigers lineup Max Scherzer on mound to face red-hot Indians

For the third consecutive year, the Cleveland Indians lead the AL Central in mid to late May.So far, the Detroit Tigers are 2-for-2 in brushing past the Indians and winning the division in September. But with manager Terry Francona running things in Cleveland, could things be different this year?Max Scherzer (5-0, 3.98 ERA) goes up against right-hander Corey Kluber (3-2, 5.40) tonight at ...
GM shifting Treasury jobs from New York to Detroit

General Motors plans to move its office responsible for Treasury actions from New York to Detroit.The move carries weight as a symbolic shift of financial power for a company that has groomed many of its top leaders at its Treasury office. For example, former GM CEOs Rick Wagoner, Fritz Henderson and Jack Smith all worked in the office at one ...

More Michigan Sun news

Making the news

Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.

David Beckham

The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.

Hotel Review

Holiday Inn South Beach, Miami Beach

Located on the beach and equipped with a number of resort facilities this good standard 3 star Holiday Inn is ...

Keep reading

Record Your Vote

Do you take the threat of North Korea seriously?

Michigan Sun

Michigan Sun | News about the state & key Michigan cities

Every minute of every day our news editors canvass the issues, and stories making the news to provide our readers with a broad and in-depth coverage of what's happening in the world.

Our first priority is the state. We specialise in Michigan news. From Grand Rapids to Detroit, we're on the lookout day and night to keep track of issues making the news. We also strive to keep abreast of national news.

Breaking stories out of the continental United States usually break first on the Michigan Sun. Neighbouring states and key cities too often feature on our news pages.

We also provide a whole lot of other content you'd expect from any newspaper including international sports coverage and local Michigan weather forecasts.

We also provide readers with an opportunity to engage in newsmaking by voting on major stories in the news, and following how other readers are viewing the issues. Our news polls are regularly updated, and attract thousands of voters over each week they're conducted.

Our business writers too work hard to keep you abreast of what's happening in the markets, not only in the U.S. but across the globe. We work around the clock to post stories from major financial centers like Tokyo, Paris, London, and of course New York, where we have extensive coverage of the major indices, particularly the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, S&P and Russell 2000.

Follow Michigan Sun on Facebook

News Releases

The Michigan Sun.com News Release Publishing Service provides a medium for circulating your organization's news.

U.S. Markets

Featured Story

World Bank, UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region

The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday.

The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region.

"The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries struggling to meet the Millennium Development Goals.

"It will highlight the commitment of the two international organisations to jointly tackle global conflict and poverty," reported Xinhua citing the statement.

Kim and Ban will travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May 22-23, Rwanda from May 23-24, and Uganda May 24.

Their trip follows a ground-breaking agreement signed in February by 11 African nations to end conflict in the DRC and bring peace to the Great Lakes region.

Kim and Ban will meet with the DRC leaders and government officials and discuss how the UN and the World Bank can best support the agreement.

The African Great Lakes are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift.

The African Great Lake region is used in a narrow sense for the area lying between northern Lake Tanganyika, western Lake Victoria, and lakes Kivu, Edward and Albert. ...