Man loses appeal in wife’s death at resort
BEULAH (AP) — A Detroit-area man convicted of killing his wife by dragging her into a northern Michigan lake has lost a key appeal, likely exhausting his efforts to get a new trial 15 years after the death.
Mark Unger argued his rights were violated because his trial lawyer was ineffective, especially when he failed to object to provocative courtroom comments by the prosecutor.
But a federal appeals court recently rejected that claim, saying evidence against Unger was “overwhelming” and any failures by his lawyer were unlikely to affect the verdict in Benzie County.
Authorities said Florence Unger of Huntington Woods was pushed off the roof of a boathouse and dragged into Lower Herring Lake, where she drowned. Unger’s lawyers argued that his wife accidentally fell and died from injuries. She was seeking a divorce.
Grants to help early childhood programs
DETROIT (AP) — Organizations providing healthy eating, arts, cultural programming and other services to early childhood centers in Detroit will be eligible for funding from the Kresge Foundation.
The Troy-based nonprofit says it will make $3 million in grants available over three years. The funding is part of the foundation’s $25 million commitment to support the implementation of Hope Starts Here .
The community framework was developed in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve early childhood outcomes in Detroit.
Individual organizations that apply can receive up to $300,000 over three years. Grants can be used in a number of ways, including for staff costs, transportation for staff and participants, facilities renovations and parent engagement.
The application period ends Aug. 14. Kresge will announce grant recipients in November.
Northern Michigan, NASA to measure Earth’s radiation
MARQUETTE (AP) — NASA has teamed up with a Michigan university and installed equipment on a Lake Superior island to measure Earth’s radiation.
Northern Michigan University says NASA’s Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System experiment launched last month on Granite Island. That’s a dozen miles northwest of Marquette, where the school is based.
The university says NASA picked the island after closing a Chesapeake Bay site in the Mid-Atlantic because of safety issues. It also was attracted to existing weather-monitoring equipment.
Officials say NASA has been measuring radiation by satellite for three decades and ground monitoring can help validate data. The experiment seeks to reveal more about the role of clouds and the energy cycle in climate change.
Park reopens after flooding shutdown
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Heavy rain and flash flooding made it appear a river of chocolate was running through the middle of Hersheypark.
The Pennsylvania amusement park reopened Tuesday after it and ZooAmerica closed due to flooding on Monday.
Three days of rain in the central and eastern part of the state caused Spring Creek, which runs through the park, to flood, and nearby Swatara Creek to approach moderate flood stage.
ZooAmerica officials said park animals were moved to safety.
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