Ypsilanti, Willow Run school districts consider consolidation
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Leaders of the Willow Run and Ypsilanti school districts say plans to consolidate could prevent them from being placed under the control of an emergency financial...
View ArticleYankee Air Museum wants home at ex-bomber plant
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The Yankee Air Museum is kicking off a $6 million campaign to make its home at a former facility that built B-24 bombers during World War II.Museum officials announced...
View ArticleWillow Run Bomber Plant could be a new home for the Yankee Air Museum
When you think about what it took for the United States and our Allies to win World War II, it wasn't just up to the troops fighting in Europe and the Pacific, the war was waged on the home front as...
View ArticleStateside for Monday, July 29th, 2013
Today we focused our attention on what it takes to run an auto company, and the future of Michigan’s automakers.And, we met a real life "Rosie the Riveter." She helped turn out bombers at the Willow...
View ArticleAn interview with Rosie the Riveter
There's a song from 1942 written by Red Evans and John Jacob Loeb that celebrates one of the most important groups to emerge on the home front in World War Two.Collectively known as "Rosie the...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Buena Vista dissolved, preservation of Willow Run,...
Buena Vista school district has been dissolvedThe Saginaw Intermediate School District board voted to close the Buena Vista School District yesterday. The nearly 400 students will be split up it among...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Medicaid expansion, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and...
State Senate committee approves Medicaid plansA Michigan Senate committee has approved a plan to expand Medicaid. The bill would allow thousands more Michigan residents to receive coverage. Michigan...
View ArticleAir museum hopes to save 'Rosie the Riveter's' factory
The historic Michigan factory where the iconic Rosie the Riveter and thousands of other women built B-24 bombers during World War II could face the wrecking ball two months from now.A modest nonprofit...
View ArticleWillow Run Airport receives additional $12 million for runway renovations
The U.S. Department of Transportation is giving the Wayne County Airport Authority a $12 million federal grant to renovate a runway at the Willow Run Airport, according to Congressmen John Dingell and...
View ArticleYankee Air Museum sets record for most "Rosies;" now about that bomber plant
A few weeks ago, 778 women of all ages donned coveralls, tied their hair up with bandanas, and headed to the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in southeast Michigan to try to break a world...
View ArticleThousands of Rosies rock Guinness record at Willow Run Bomber Plant
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP – A group that's preserving a portion of a Detroit-area assembly plant where Rosie the Riveter once worked as a museum may have regained its "largest gathering of people dressed as...
View ArticleYpsilanti, Willow Run school districts consider consolidation
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) Leaders of the Willow Run and Ypsilanti school districts say plans to consolidate could prevent them from being placed under the control of an emergency financial manager....
View ArticleYankee Air Museum wants home at ex-bomber plant
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The Yankee Air Museum is kicking off a $6 million campaign to make its home at a former facility that built B-24 bombers during World War II. Museum officials announced...
View ArticleWillow Run Bomber Plant could be a new home for the Yankee Air Museum
When you think about what it took for the United States and our Allies to win World War II, it wasn't just up to the troops fighting in Europe and the Pacific, the war was waged on the home front as...
View ArticleStateside for Monday, July 29th, 2013
Today we focused our attention on what it takes to run an auto company, and the future of Michigan’s automakers. And, we met a real life "Rosie the Riveter." She helped turn out bombers at the Willow...
View ArticleAn interview with Rosie the Riveter
There's a song from 1942 written by Red Evans and John Jacob Loeb that celebrates one of the most important groups to emerge on the home front in World War Two. Collectively known as "Rosie the...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Buena Vista dissolved, preservation of Willow Run,...
Buena Vista school district has been dissolved The Saginaw Intermediate School District board voted to close the Buena Vista School District yesterday. The nearly 400 students will be split up it among...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Medicaid expansion, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and...
State Senate committee approves Medicaid plans A Michigan Senate committee has approved a plan to expand Medicaid. The bill would allow thousands more Michigan residents to receive coverage. Michigan...
View ArticleAir museum hopes to save 'Rosie the Riveter's' factory
The historic Michigan factory where the iconic Rosie the Riveter and thousands of other women built B-24 bombers during World War II could face the wrecking ball two months from now. A modest nonprofit...
View ArticleWillow Run Airport receives additional $12 million for runway renovations
The U.S. Department of Transportation is giving the Wayne County Airport Authority a $12 million federal grant to renovate a runway at the Willow Run Airport, according to Congressmen John Dingell and...
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