The school year is wrapping up for many people, but it’s just beginning for dozens prospective Michigan State Police troopers.

Sunday, May 12, 80 men and women from across the state began the 125th Trooper Recruit School.  For the next 21 weeks, MSP members and academy staff will train the recruits in firearms, water safety, defensive tactics, patrol techniques, report writing, ethics, first aid, criminal law, crime scene processing and precision driving.  Recruits who successfully complete the training will graduate October 4.

Michigan State Police selected recruits from more than 3,000 potential candidates.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich., March 27, 2013—Camp New Day, a summer camping experience held one week each year especially for children whose parents are incarcerated, is seeking cabin counselor volunteers to supervise youngsters from July 7 to 12 in Reed City, Michigan.

Camp New Day is known as a camp like no other. It is held at the Albright United Methodist Camp site, at 3156 190th Avenue in Reed City. Camp New Day is a ministry of the Prison and Restorative Justice Committee of the West Michigan Conference of Methodists, a ministry of the Board of Church and Society of the Detroit Methodist Conference, as well as a Jubilee Project of the denomination.

Cabin counselor volunteers need to be adult men and women 18 years and older to be considered. Each cabin counselor is responsible for six-to-eight kids, aged 9 to 14, who are organized by age group in cabins while the camping experience is in session.

Fourth Annual Bike Time Winter Bash is happening today at the Event Center at Fricano Place

VENDORS open at noon

BUCKET AUCTION (put-your-tickets-in-the-bucket-of-the-stuff-you-want-to-win) 12noon-8pm
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TATTOO CONTEST at 3pm

MEET AMA Amateur 250 Hot Shoe Vintage National Champion JOHN TEJCHMA at 4pm

DELILAH DeWYLDE and the LOST BOYS at 4:30pm

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