Michigan Living

And the winner is.....

2009-07-13T13:00:00Z

Mike Randolph likes his barbecue sauce a little on the hot side - cajun he calls it. I like mine sweet with a bit of a bite. There is only one way to solve this type of difference of...

Is a netbook right for you?

2009-07-13T10:04:38Z

Netbooks sacrifice computing power for easy portability.

This character-filled house: Couple's 1861 home featured in 'This Old House' magazine

2009-07-12T23:47:56Z

Bradley and Alma Egen describe themselves as "old house people." Their current home, however, was not easy to get. Once they found it, they had to persuade the owner to sell it. And since they bought it, they've had three years of ongoing lists of projects to get it to be the home it is today.

Great Lakes scientists seek ways to kill invasives

2009-07-12T18:24:32Z

The tiny worms, midges and water fleas growing in fish tanks at a university lab represent the invasive organisms that have spread throughout the Great Lakes, often by hitchhiking in the ballast tanks of giant cargo ships.

Couple raises 'artist version of a circus family' at Grand Rapids homestead that serves as open gallery, garden

2009-07-12T09:21:27Z

All eight Beerhorsts are artists, with even the youngest children contributing time and talent.

Young friends follow artistic path in life

2009-07-12T09:20:27Z

Hollyn Johnson | The Grand Rapids PressFrom left, Pearl, 15, Rose Beerhorst, 17, and Rose Shaw, 15, work on crafts they sell together. I was driving down Fuller Avenue SE with a friend several weeks ago when I spotted the...

Uncertain times lead many West Michiganders to put more in savings

2009-07-12T09:00:42Z

Many Americans have stepped up their savings in this recession. Have you?

In Ionia County, Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary lavishes care on abused, neglected dogs and works wonders of rehabilitation

2009-07-12T07:00:50Z

Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary is the Midwest's largest shelter for abused, neglected and discarded dogs.

Proposal would move start of firearm deer hunting season to weekend

2009-07-12T04:39:01Z

But DNR representatives say most hunters want to hold onto the Nov. 15 date.

Michigan Heroes Project

2009-07-12T01:08:37Z

I'm a sucker for things with project in their title, and I especially love it when it has to do with the lottery. Why you ask? Cause a project means there's an end result. There is a cause and a...

The Lottery Tour

2009-07-11T20:14:02Z

Looking to take part in the lottery this summer? Michigan has been on tour this summer with their Lottery Retail mobile to spread the word of the lottery. From what's being told, you'll be able to play all your favorite...

Thomas A. Webb makes sure Saginaw's Veterans Memorial Plaza remains dignified

2009-07-11T18:56:56Z

Jeff Schrier | The Saginaw NewsThomas A. Webb, 76, of Saginaw is the president and chief volunteer of the Saginaw County Veterans Memorial Park on S. Washington in Saginaw. Webb is at the memorial often, cleaning up and picking weeds....

Former Institute for Healing Racism director says he can't quit

2009-07-11T12:08:58Z

For 10 years, Gordon Rinard's been in constant dialogue. As executive director of the Institute for Healing Racism-Muskegon, he's been engaged in an ongoing "conversation on race," challenging the community at large on what he calls the "-isms."...

One year later, family still mourns the loss of Jahnavi Thompson who died at daycare on his third birthday

2009-07-11T11:58:04Z

Alex Slitz | The Flint JournalKatrina Tevebaugh, 36, of Flint, talks about her son Jahnavi Thompson, seen in a photograph on her coffee table, who died on his third birthday one year ago after a table collapsed on him while...

Nuns dwindling in number but committed to their ministries

2009-07-11T10:00:00Z

"Her name was Sister Joyce DeShano," Graus said of the older nun who befriended her. "And there was just something about her -- she saw things very differently and she had an authenticity about her that I had never seen in anyone."