Today's News across Michigan - April 11, 2011

Bringing you a smattering of some of the top news stories in Michigan headlines today, April 11, 2011. This Michigan Civil War Veteran was actually a woman - Michigan Civil War veteran, Frank Thompson, was actually Emma Edmonds who may or may not have deserted the Union Army due to an alleged affair with a married officer.

Michigan toddler gets an alcoholic drink at Applebee's - A mother ordered her son an apple juice and he received margarita mix instead.

War of 1812 road gets historical designation - Remnants of a hastily built road to Detroit during the War of 1812 received the honor of being named to the National Register of Historic Places this past January.

Skateboarders in Marquette set a new Guinness World Record - When 341 skatboarders participated in a parade on Sunday, they set a new Guinness World Record for most skateboarders in a parade.

Northern Michigan and the Civil War - Part one of a three part series chronicles the role that Northern Michigan's isolated residents played in the Civil War.

Hot topics in the news today in Michigan

Here are some of the hot topics in headlines across Michigan today, April 24, 2007. Will a decline in the honeybee population affect Michigan's fruit production?

Great Lakes invasive species reducing food for native fish population

Conservation group looks to ban ocean vessels on the Great Lakes

Michigan Senate finds another $300 million to cut from the budget

Check out the new look of the Detroit Free Press website

A couple of months ago the Detroit Free Press website made some dramatic changes to its look and functionality. They added the ability for readers to add their comments to articles and narrowed the column format along with other not so noticeable changes. Now the color scheme has changed along with a more refined style that seems a bit cleaner than the previous versions. It will take some getting used to, but I think I like it.

See for yourself - www.freep.com.

U.P. Paper Stops the Presses

Bill Westerman, Ironwood Daily Globe press foreman, never had the chance to shout, "Stop the presses!" The motor that runs the presses started up on its own Wednesday and then quit as quickly as it began. The Daily Globe had to use the presses in Ashland to produce Wednesday's paper since their press could not be fixed in that short of a time period. The Ironwood Daily Globe website.