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County Road 186 (Delta County, Michigan)
County Road 186 (CR 186, Co. Rd. 186) is a primary county road in Delta County, Michigan, that runs along Brampton 27.5 Road from M-35 in Brampton to US Highway 2/ US Highway 41 (US 2/US 41) at Rapid River. The roadway was previously a state highway called M-186 from 1932 until July 1939, when it was transferred by the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) to the control of the Delta County Road Commission (DCRC). The commission initially refused to accept jurisdiction of the roadway for nearly seven months, resulting in an orphan road that was not being maintained by any agency until the legal dispute was settled. Route description CR 186 starts at an intersection with M-35 in Brampton Township just north of the community of Brampton and runs eastward through woodlands along Brampton 27.5 Road. The roadway curves northward around a bend in the Days River and then turns southeasterly. CR 186 passes to the south of Brampton La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escanaba Daily Press
The ''Daily Press'' is a newspaper published in Escanaba, Michigan, United States. The newspaper serve Delta, Schoolcraft, and northern Menominee The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ... counties. The ''Daily Press'' publishes editions Monday through Saturday. The newspaper offices are located at 600 Ludington St. in downtown Escanaba, Michigan. From 1922 to 1978, the ''Daily Press'' was known as ''The Escanaba Daily Press.'' External links''The Daily Press'' website References Newspapers published in Michigan {{Michigan-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray D
Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian wholesale drapery business * John Murray (publishing house), a British publishing house Fictional characters *Murray Monster, a muppet in ''Sesame Street'' *Little Murray Sparkles, a cat in ''Sesame Street'' * Murray (''Monkey Island''), a character in the video game series * Murray (''Sly Cooper''), a character in the video game series *Murray Slaughter, a regular character in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' *Murray, the mascot of the band Dio *Murray, in the 2015 Netflix series '' Richie Rich'' *Murray, a ''Hotel Transylvania'' character *Murray the Cop, in ''Fat Pizza'' *Murray Smith, in ''Swift and Shift Couriers'' People *Murray (surname) *Murray (given name) Places Australia * Division of Murray, federal electoral district in Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-186 (Michigan Highway)
M-186 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Entirely within Fife Lake Township, in southeastern Grand Traverse County, the highway serves as a short connector between M-113 near Kingsley and US Highway 131 (US 131) at the village of Fife Lake. The current incarnation of M-186 is the second usage of the designation, as it was originally used for a highway in Delta County in the 1930s. Route description M-186 forms an easterly extension of M-113 from Kingsley to Fife Lake. The highway starts south of a 90-degree curve in M-113 and runs east through flat, wooded terrain to Fife Lake. The roadway runs parallel to the survey section lines in Fife Lake Township, and it passes several residences along the whole length. From the eastern terminus, State Street connects M-186 and US 131 with downtown Fife Lake. In 2007, the average annual daily traffic (AADT) surveys conducted by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) showed that 2,10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Read (politician)
Thomas Read (May 28, 1881 – April 7, 1962) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives including as its Speaker during the 50th Legislature, as the lieutenant governor of Michigan under Alex J. Groesbeck, as a member of the Michigan State Senate, and as Michigan Attorney General. Born in Rochester, New York of English and Scottish ancestry to Thomas and Jane Read on May 28, 1881, Read was either a candidate for or served in nearly all state-level offices in Michigan (he was never a candidate for or elected Michigan Secretary of State, Secretary of State). He was a candidate in the primary for Governor of Michigan in 1924, losing to Alex J. Groesbeck, and 1940, losing to Luren Dickinson. Read was a presidential elector for Michigan in 1928, casting a ballot for Herbert Hoover, and a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia which nominated Wendell Willkie (who eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missaukee County, Michigan
Missaukee County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 15,052. The county seat is Lake City. Missaukee County is part of the Cadillac, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. Etymology of the name Missaukee The County may be named after a prominent Ottawa chief, ''Nesaukee'', who signed the treaties of 1831 and 1833. However, it is also said that "Nesaukee" could be interpreted as 'large mouth of the river.' History Missaukee County was partitioned from Mackinac County, Michigan, on 1 April 1840 due to expected population growth. The county was organized as a General Law county in 1871. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. Lakes and rivers There are 33 natural freshwater lakes in Missaukee County. The largest of these, Lake Missaukee, has a surface area of . The lakes and stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironwood Daily Globe
The ''Daily Globe'' is a daily newspaper based in Ironwood, Michigan. The ''Daily Globe'' serves Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in Michigan and Iron County in Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M .... External linksOfficial website Gogebic County, Michigan Ontonagon County, Michigan Iron County, Wisconsin Newspapers published in Michigan {{Michigan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-74 (Michigan Highway)
M-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s. The Missaukee County Road Commission initially refused to accept jurisdiction over the roadway and refused to maintain it leading to a legal fight with the state highway commissioner. Route description M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on Walker Road and running south on Star City Road before terminating at a junction with M-55 west of Merritt. All of M-74 was a gravel highway. History On July 1, 1919, M-74 ran between Pioneer and M-55 west of Merritt. There it turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening News (Sault Ste
Evening News may refer to: Television news *''CBS Evening News'', an American news broadcast *''ITV Evening News'', a UK news broadcast *'' JNN Evening News'', a Japanese news broadcast *''Evening News'', an alternate name for '' News Hour'' in some broadcasting regions Newspapers Australia * ''The Evening News'' (Rockhampton), an evening newspaper published in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia * ''The Evening News'' (Sydney), an evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales from 1867 to 1931 China *''Xinmin Evening News'', a newspaper published in Shanghai, China *'' Yanzhao Evening News'', a tabloid newspaper published in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China United Kingdom * ''Evening News'' (London), an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980, when it merged with ''the Evening Standard'' *''Cambridge Evening News'', a daily newspaper published in Cambridge, England *''Edinburgh Evening News'', a newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland *''London Evening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan State Administrative Board
The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, formerly Michigan Department of Management and Budget, is a principal department of the government of Michigan responsible for various support functions within the government. History The Department of Management and Budget was formed in 1984 by law as a principal department of state government. Created within the department under the same law was the Office of the State Budget Director. In 1979, the Governor created an autonomous Office of the State Employer within the department.Grandholm, Jennifer. (May 24, 2007)EXECUTIVE ORDER No.2007 - 30: CONSOLIDATING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS AND ABOLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE Under Executive Order No. 2007 - 30, the Michigan Department of Civil Service was abolished with the Board of Ethics, State Officers Compensation Commission and Civil Service Commission transfer to the department on August 26, 2007. In 2009, then Governor Jennifer Granholm planned to merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Free Press
The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties. The ''Free Press'' is also the largest city newspaper owned by Gannett, which also publishes ''USA Today''. The ''Free Press'' has received ten Pulitzer Prizes and four Emmy Awards. Its motto is "On Guard for Years". In 2018, the ''Detroit Free Press'' received two Salute to Excellence awards from the National Association of Black Journalists. History 1831–1989: Competitive newspaper The newspaper was launched by John R. Williams and his uncle, Joseph Campau, and was first published as the ''Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer'' on May 5, 1831. It was renamed to ''Detroit Daily Free Press'' in 1835, becoming the region's first daily newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herald-Palladium
''The Herald-Palladium'' is a newspaper distributed in the Southwest Michigan region serving all or part of Berrien, Cass, Van Buren, and Allegan Counties. History The ''Herald-Palladium'' is a merger of many former local newspapers in the twin cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan. ''Palladium'' predecessors ''Herald-Press'' The ''Herald-Press'' formed in 1916 in St. Joseph from the merger of two other newspapers: * ''The Evening Herald'' was the second venture of ''Palladium's'' founder, Leonard Merchant. In 1877 he moved to St. Joseph and bought an existing newspaper, ''The Traveler and Herald''. He changed its name to ''The St. Joseph Weekly Herald.'' Merchant brought his son, Leonard E. Merchant into the business. They sold it to Ephriam W. Moore around 1900, who turned it into a daily afternoon paper. * ''The St. Joseph Press'' was founded as a weekly newspaper in 1888. In 1905, Ephriam Moore's nephew, Joseph Brewer, bought it and turned it into a dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
