Michigan State University’s former president is arraigned on criminal charges. A replacement is picked for Kalamazoo County’s community action agency. General Motors announces cuts that could close plants in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.
(MPRN) The former president of Michigan State University was arraigned on Monday on felony and misdemeanor charges surrounding her involvement with the school’s handling of serial sexual predator, Larry Nassar. Her attorneys say she’s pleaded not guilty, planning to fight the charges. Officials say Lou Anna K. Simon lied to or mislead law enforcement officers about her knowledge of details about a Title IX investigation by the school into Nassar. Simon faces two felonies and two misdemeanor charges. The felonies each carry a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison and/or $5,000 in fines. The misdemeanors carry up to two years in prison each and/or fines.
(Kalamazoo Gazette) The state has picked a replacement for Kalamazoo County’s community action agency. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services selected Community Action Agency South Central Michigan as THE interim replacement beginning January first. The appointment is for one year. The Kalamazoo County Commission voted in September to return administration of the agency to the state because it had failed to spend grants designed to help low-income residents.
(WDET) General Motors has announced it will stop allocation of products to five of its North American facilities. The announcement could mean possible plant closures in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland and Ontario. Affected locations include the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant and a transmission facility in Warren.
(WCMU) The Board of State Canvassers certified the November election results Monday. One of the election results the board certified was the ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. On December 6th that voter initiated law will go into effect. Josh Hovey with the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol says the first recreational marijuana businesses will likely start opening in 2020.
(Kalamazoo Gazette) A popular downtown Kalamazoo restaurant is scheduled to reopen this week, two months after it was closed because of a fire. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports Food Dance will hold a grand opening on Thursday. No one was injured in the September 28th fire which started in the restaurant’s kitchen and spread through the exhaust ducts.