America Fell In Love with 'Walking Man' James Robertson, Startup Helps Men with Embarrassing Problem, Funeral for Mummified Woman, Death Penalty Talk: Michigan News Digest

Pope Francis has designated Royal Oak’s National Shrine of the Little Flower Church a minor basilica. (Photo via Creative Commons)

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Below are links to some of the stories posted recently on Michigan Patch. For more local news, be sure to click on the “Bulletin Board” icon.

• Internet Rallies to Buy Car for Man Who Walks 21 Miles to Work
• Detroit is Real ‘City of Angels,’ Man Who Walks to Work Says of Internet Drive to Buy Him a Car
• Business Startup Helps Men with Embarrassing Problem
• Family of Pia Farrenkopf - ‘Mummified in Michigan’ - Plan Memorial
• Death Penalty for Cop Killers? Michigan Patch Poll
• Royal Oak’s National Shrine of the Little Flower Church Gets Papal Designation
• School: Coach Out After Slapping Student, ‘Nappy’ Hair Comment
• Panel to Discuss West Bloomfield’s Growing Heroin Problem
• Griffin Claw’s New Seasonal Beer Celebrates Spring, Detroit’s Comeback
• Patterson Proposes $75 Million Oakland County Tax Cut
• It’s Not Good’: Wayne County’s Financial Hole Deeper than Thought
• What’s the Cost of Absentmindedness? About $300
• Watch Dramatic Coast Guard Rescue of Dog from Icy Michigan Lake
• Michigan’s Teacher of the Year, Author of Bullying Book, Leads Elite 40 Under 40
• It’s Ugly Out There’: Wyandotte Slammed with 16.5 Inches of Snow
• Tired of Cat Videos? Penguins Adjust to Detroit Zoo: Watch
• State: Southfield Doc Traded Prescription Drugs for Sexual Favors
• Four of Detroit Metro’s Best New Restaurants Are In Oakland County Suburbs
• Woman Allegedly Killed Friend with Slow Cooker in Political Spat
• Heise Opposes Wayne County Sewer ‘Buyback’ Plan
• Measles in Michigan: Local Case Status, Court Action, and What Vaccines CDC Recommends for Adults
• Ford Adding 1,500 Jobs to Support F-150 Production
• New Grosse Pointe Non-Profit Plans to Grow Youth Hockey

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