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Trades ready 'hellacious hole' for new Detroit parking deck

Date: Mar-03-2000

The massive 25-story J.L. Hudson's building in Detroit was brought to the ground in a matter of seconds in October 1998 by the largest urban implosion in our nation's history....

Trauma programs should be moved to prime time

Date: Mar-03-2000

By Michael C. McReynolds RN/EMT Injury Prevention Educator University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center While there are many injuries and health risks associated with all occupations, the highest risk of...

Flint Engine South Plant's safety record: outstanding

Date: Feb-18-2000

FLINT - Construction of the new GM Flint Engine South Plant has a remarkable safety record of no lost time over 490,000 hours worked and only two recorded minor injuries...

'If you work union you have a future'

Date: Feb-18-2000

Young people who might be receptive to wearing steel-toed boots and a hard hat to work converged on Macomb Community College Feb. 8 to learn a little about what building...

It will take some extra effort to vote for president

Date: Feb-18-2000

Voting in this year's Democratic presidential primary probably won't be as easy as you may think. If you go to your normal polling place on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and you...

Makeup comes off U-M Stadium

Date: Feb-18-2000

ANN ARBOR - Frank Lloyd Wright once said that "a physician can bury his mistakes. All an architect can do is plant vines." It would have taken a lot of...

NEWS BRIEFS

Date: Feb-18-2000

Jobless bennies are taxable Every year, the Michigan Unemployment Agency sends a press release reminding us that unemployment benefit payments are taxable. And since we don't want any workers in...

Rail trestle goes down in history

Date: Feb-18-2000

MARQUETTE - A landmark? Definitely. An important historic structure? Possibly. An eyesore? Some people thought so, including five members of the City Commission. We refer to the rooftop-level railroad trestle...

State surplus: How should we spend it?

Date: Feb-18-2000

By Rep. Mike Hanley House Democratic Leader LANSING - Ever wonder what you would do if you had a whole lot of extra money in your bank account? That's the...

30 Hardhats from U.P.'s Hautamaki Mechanical now signatory

Date: Feb-04-2000

The 30 employees of Hautamaki Mechanical Inc. recently voted to go union in an NLRB representation election held in Bruce Crossing, about 80 miles west of Marquette. Owner Joe Hautamaki...