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BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration Is Saturday; Five Epic Meal Time Bacony Delicious Dishes [Sponsored]
This is the weekend that BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration returns.
The bacon-infused celebration is Saturday at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center.
BaCon features all things bacon: dishes, drinks and, of course, desserts. Tickets are still available.
Rockford High School Boys’ Cross Country Runs to Shared Honor as Athlete of the Week
Rockford High School's boys' cross country team, which captured the Michigan School Athletic Association Division 1 Lower Peninsula state title, is this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week honoree.
2014 Michigan General Election Primer
President Barack Obama, former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Florida governor and presidential candidate Jeb Bush and former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have all campaigned this fall in Michigan, but not in their election bids.
They were supporting Michigan candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.
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University of Michigan Taps Retired Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett as Interim AD
University of Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon has resigned and retired Steelcase Inc. CEO Jim Hackett is in for the interim, U-M President Mark Schlissel said in an Ann Arbor news conference this afternoon.
BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration Nov. 8; Top 5 Homer Simpson Bacon Quotes [Sponsored]
Returning for the second consecutive year on Nov. 8 is BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration.
The all-things bacon celebration is a week from Saturday at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center.
BaCon features bacon-themed, -infused and -inspired dishes and drinks, and tickets are still available.
Cedar Springs High School Girls’ Cross Country’s Kenzie Weiler Named Athlete of the Week
Cedar Springs High School's girls' cross country No. 1 runner Kenzie Weiler, the defending Division 2 state champion, is this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.
MHSAA Announces Football Playoff Pairings
The pairings were announced Sunday for the 2014 Michigan High School Athletic Association football playoffs.
Hopkins High School Football’s Quincy Collings and Wyatt Stegeman Named Athletes of the Week
The Hopkins High School football team's halfback pair of Quincy Collings and Wyatt Stegeman share honors as this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.
Hopkins has its regular-season finale at 7 p.m. tonight against Godwin Heights in Wyoming. Stegeman and Collings are two big reasons why the Vikings could claim the Ottawa-Kent (OK) Conference Silver Division title outright in add
BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration Nov. 8; Top 5 Jim Gaffigan Bacon Jokes [Sponsored]
BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration is back for its second annual event Nov. 8 at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center.
BaCon features bacon-inspired dishes and drinks for the celebration of all things bacon, and tickets are currently on sale.
From Toto to Daft Punk, Bass Guitarist Nathan East Makes Music You Know [Video]
Nathan East is a rock, R&B and jazz bassist and vocalist who has appeared on more than 2,000 musical releases.
You might know the 58-year-old Philadelphia native's work with Toto and Daft Punk, among others.
His musical and technical acumen with a bass guitar is landing him a spot in the National Association of Music Merchants' Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Hall of Fame.
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