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Poll: More education spending can help economy Seven in 10 likely Michigan voters support a proposal on the November ballot that would guarantee annual funding increases to public schools, community colleges and universities at the rate of inflation, according to the Detroit Free Press-Local 4 Michigan Poll. ACC offering underwater archaelogy class For the first time in Michigan, students can explore the historical mysteries of underwater archaeology inside a classroom. Beginning Monday, Alpena Community College will offer a one-week course in underwater archaeology. Wife of Bank One patriarch dies at 91 in Michigan Jeanne B. McCoy, 91, wife of Bank One patriarch John G. McCoy and mother of former company chairman John B. McCoy and a daughter, Virginia, died Tuesday in Wequetonsing, Mich. She had suffered from a long illness. Deadline Looms For Training Grants For Southwest Michigan Businesses KALAMAZOO - The deadline for private employers in Southwest Michigan to apply for $88,860 in training funds available from the Kalamazoo-St. Joseph Workforce Development Board is Aug. 11. The program funds up to $3,500 per employee. College Football Players Charged With Rape FRESNO, Calif. - Eddie Scott and Mackey Davis crossed the country chasing their football dreams, only to see their journey end at a run-down apartment complex where police say they took part in the gang rape of an 11-year-old runaway. The sweet’n lowdown on juvenile diabetes Sam Schectman, 22, does not live in the inner city. He is not poor or overweight. He is, in fact, a middle-class Jewish suburbanite ... and he has diabetes. Complaints, tradition mark high school mascot struggle OMAHA, Neb. -- While efforts to remove American Indian themed mascots from college campuses continue to command a high profile, quieter struggles are ongoing in high schools, where the response is just as mixed. It’s about priorities If we want to improve Michigan’s economy for the long haul, we are going to have to invest in education beyond high school. Community collegescan offer cheaper, more personal education Twenty-three-year-old Kasey Fuller works two jobs and attends classes full-time at Kalamazoo Valley Community Colleges Texas Township campus. She began her college career at Western Michigan University, but then transferred to KVCC to save money on her general-education courses. Education funding proposal headed for ballot LANSING, Mich. Michigan voters will decide during the November election whether public schools, community colleges and universities should get annual funding increases... | ||