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| Midland area ranked Top 10 in nation by Business Facilities magazine |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
| The growth of technology manufacturing in the Midland area has been
recognized by a major national site selection publication.
Business Facilities magazine has ranked the Midland area third place in its
Top 10 Metro Areas in the nation for "Economic Growth Potential" in an area with
fewer than 200,000 residents; first and second places were Panama City, |
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| Delta College to receive $250,000 grant for alternative energy programs |
| Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| UNIVERSITY CENTER- The move toward providing more alternative energy studies
at Delta College got a huge boost this week with the announcement of a $250,000
Congressional appropriation.
The appropriation is part of $2 million in funding to nine separate programs
in the state proposed by Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin. The nine
appropriations were |
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| Local merit exam scores above state average |
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
| Midland Public and Meridian school districts earned scores above the state
average in every subject area of the 2010 Michigan Merit Exam, according to data
released from the Michigan Department of Education.
The MME is a state-mandated standardized test given each spring to high
school juniors. The test assesses students in the subject areas of |
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| WorkKeys program to prepare prospective employees |
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
| Residents in the Great Lakes Bay Region who want to develop better workplace
skills are encouraged to take advantage of the WorkKeys testing available at all
local Michigan Works offices and Delta College.
WorkKeys measures skills that employers in the Great Lakes Bay Region believe
are critical to job success including math, reading, applied |
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| Midland to house Styron operations center |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| Styron announced today that it plans to invest $13 million to establish a
North America Operations Center in Midland, while its global headquarters will
be in Philadelphia.
The company, which makes plastics, latex and rubber, also received $4 million
in state tax credits Tuesday for job retention in Michigan.
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According to Styron, its |
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| Youths learning about green future at construction camp |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| THOMAS SIMONETTI |
tsimonetti@mdn.net Josh Moneypenny, 14, right, of Midland and his
fellow
campmates learn about welding on Tuesday at the 2010 Construction and
Technology
Camp. More than 60 campers are exploring skilled and technical careers
in clean
energy, automotive technology, computer aided design (CAD), Carpentry
and
Welding.
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| Meridian’s Fillmore granted retirement extension |
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| Meridian Public Schools’ Superintendent Doug Fillmore has retired, though
he’ll serve at least one additional year in his current position and possibly
longer for a fraction of his former salary.
After serving 35 years in Midland County schools, Fillmore announced his
retirement in a June 10 letter to the board of education, noting the state’s
recent |
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| Clayco Inc. selected for battery plant |
| Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| Dow Kokam announced Thursday that it has selected Clayco Inc. of
St. Louis, Mo., as the design-build contractor to oversee
construction of its battery manufacturing facility in Midland.
The facility will produce lithium ion battery cells and packs
for hybrid and electric vehicles.
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"Dow Kokam's speed to market is critical to meeting the
automotive |
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