Kevyn Orr's report, mandated by the state after an emergency manager's first 45 days in office, confirms a city in desperate shape, with costs for retiree benefits eating up a third of its budget and public services suffering as Detroit's revenues and population shrink each year.
GRAND RAPIDS - The estimated $27 million effort to restore the rapids in the Grand River has a new supporter: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Urban Waters Federal Partnership. The partnership selected the Grand River restoration project along with 10 other urban waterway sites around the country to receive coordination and resources support from more than a dozen different federal agencies.
Failing everything else, the Wildcats were always there. When the Albion factories closed shop and the jobs went away, when the stores and restaurants shuttered, Albion High School was a constant source of pride for this small city. That was true for Ayana Wallace, 32. Her parents graduated from Albion High, and she did, too.
