Michigan GOP effort to censure Upton, Meijer fails in committee
Washington GOP U.S. Reps. Fred Upton and Peter Meijer avoided censure Wednesday by a Michigan Republican Party committee, which defeated the resolution by a 9-5 vote, the panel s chairman said.
Upton of St. Joseph and Meijer of Grand Rapids Township were among 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in instigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The failed censure vote is the latest skirmish in a tug of war within the party that s pitted Trump loyalists against those denouncing his unproven claims that the presidential election was stolen.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes
A Junior Achievement chapter will give high school students a taste of “Shark Tank” next month.
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes, based in Grand Rapids Township, will host a virtual JA Pitch Day event for students to pitch their product and sales and marketing strategies to a panel of area business professionals and entrepreneurs on May 7.
Students will submit their pitch via video in advance of JA Pitch Day, incorporating a PowerPoint presentation that will demonstrate to the judges their motivations for creating that particular business, a current sales report and the strategic process behind their business plan, and the event will culminate in an online live awards ceremony and celebration at 1 p.m.
1911
April 19, 1911-The St. Paul Mine in Keewatin opened; the Roberts and Platt mines in Nashwauk also opened for the season.
April 19, 1911-There has been a great influx of settlers to Itasca County this spring and the number is steadily increasing, particularly, Grand Rapids has received many who have purchased lands and who have settled in the immediate vicinity.
1921
April 20, 1921-Good progress is being made for improved highway construction in Itasca County. Clearing was started on the Blackberry to Warba route.
April 20, 1921-A recount for the mayorship of Keewatin ended in a tie vote. The issue will be settled in court. The two candidates are Dr. A.C. Kean and George Matakovich.
Despite COVID case rise, summer concerts set to return – from Bieber to Bryan
John Sinkevics
After a pandemic-impaired year, Michigan’s concert train is getting ready to roll out of the station this summer.
Pop sensation Justin Bieber makes a rescheduled tour stop June 25 at Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena, followed four days later by the Dave Matthews Band.
Country star Luke Bryan plays a sold-out show May 29 outside Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, with heavy metal’s Megadeth and Lamb of God, rap’s Snoop Dogg with Wiz Khalifa, and country’s Miranda Lambert with Lee Brice taking the outdoor stage in July, followed in August by rock’s Shinedown with Pop Evil and country’s Keith Urban with Lindsay Ell.
Pine Rest says state erred by denying its 60-bed expansion request
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Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, shown in this file photo in Cutlerville, is seeking state permission to add 60 mental health beds in West Michigan. (MLive file photo)
Cory Morse | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services says the state erred last month when it declined its application to provide 60 additional in-patient psychiatric beds at its Gaines Township headquarters and instead approved a competing request by Havenwyck Hospital.
Pine Rest is now asking the state to reconsider its decision.