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The fallout of the sober living crackdown continues. The state has suspended payments to nearly a hundred more providers since August, accusing them of Medicaid fraud.

A Labor Day march of 15,000 Klansmen in Lansing, cross burnings in Charlotte and a grand dragon in Howell are part of the KKKs mid-Michigan history.

A Labor Day march of 15,000 Klansmen in Lansing, cross burnings in Charlotte and a grand dragon in Howell are part of the KKKs mid-Michigan history.

View Comments On Labor Day in 1924, nearly 15,000 Ku Klux Klansmen in white robes descended on Lansing. They marched from East Michigan Avenue to Washington Avenue, headed for the state Capitol. A crowd of 50,000 lined the route cheering the Klan floats, banners and hooded members during the massive “State Klonvocation.” Lansing police directed traffic and “members of the Klan aided the officers in keeping the aisle clear for the procession,” according to coverage in the State Journal....

Now streaming on: Does every moment of a movie have to work for you? Or can you enjoy an imperfect one if it fills in places around the edges of your imagination? "Dont Come Knocking" is a curious film about a movie cowboy who walks off the set, goes seeking his past, and finds something that looks a lot more like a movie than the one he was making. There are scenes that dont even pretend to work. And others that have a sweetness and visual beauty that stops time and simply invites you to share...