The Lansing area is digging out from under as much as 11 inches of snow which came on the heels of a brief taste of spring. Mail boxes have been reported damaged by ploughs along Cedar and Miller…
If you live in Michigan and use our roadways, I strongly encourage you to take 5 minutes to read this excellent article by Kyla King of the Grand Rapids Press. I won’t reiterate her exposition…
A Colorado woman has expressed fear over the health of her unborn baby in the wake of an egregious pharmacy error at a Safeway supermarket in the Denver area. The pharmacy mistakenly gave the woman…
The first six weeks of the new year have been fraught with tragedy in Mid-Michigan. A series of fatal auto accidents has brought increased attention to driving safety. While wintry weather may…
Sold under the names Blue Silk or Cloud Nine, a new line of bath salts isn’t meant to simply help you relax–at least, not in the traditional sense. These new bath salts are actually strong…
Recently, a few of my colleagues on IB have focused attention on the fact that even low-impact car crashes can have serious consequences for drivers. For example, low impact crashes can cause brain…
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood refers to distracted driving as an epidemic. I’ve written extensively on the issue, and Secretary LaHood and I don’t seem to be the only ones worried about the…
At least three people lost their lives in separate tragic automobile accidents in Mid-Michigan this week. Two of the crashes were single vehicle accidents with no clear cause. The third collision…
Usually, when I hear someone has had spinal fusion surgery, I think of it as a last resort surgeons use before permanently altering their patient’s body. I know first-hand that people will do just…
Around noon today, Lansing Board of Water and Light employees were drilling a foundation for a new electric pole when they evidently struck a gas line at the 800 block of Cleveland Avenue in…
The Detroit Medical Center has agreed to pay federal authorities $30 million to settle claims that it engaged in improper financial relationships with referring physicians. According to Justice…
It’s true that old habits die hard, but this one seems pretty hard to break. While most people think that they’re protecting their vehicles from some kind of unknown hazard by letting them idle…