JOHN CLARK

Yes, it’s possible Fred Upton could become the next House Speaker. But I don’t think we’re there yet.”This “whole situation” is the unfolding drama in the U.S. House, where Republicans have deadlocked over electing a new House Speaker. RELATED: Fred Upton on potential House Speaker bid: ‘Intriguing proposal’Under this scenario, Democrats along with a contingent of centrist Republicans would break the logjam by coalescing around Upton, who is well-known for his commitment to bipartisanship. “Righty now, the (House Republicans) don’t have a consistent agenda,” he said. What’s happening now is not a good sign that they’re going to be able to do anything.”More on MLive:Michigan Congressman Fred Upton served with 7 presidents.

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At least in Kalamazoo County, Tuesday’s election resulted in a big blue wave. Democrats will have a majority on the nine-member Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners, holding six of those seats. In this election, 81% of Kalamazoo city voters and 71% in Kalamazoo Township backed Whitmer. Rick Snyder was running for re-election -- and took 54% of the Kalamazoo County vote. This election, 44% of the Kalamazoo County voters used an absentee ballot.

At age 12, Rick Ennis confessed to murdering his mother and his stepfather. Thirteen years later, he became the prime suspect in the disappearance of Auburn University honors graduate Lori Slesinski.

Lockheed Martin tested a hypersonic weapon prototype for the U.S. military's DARPA that flew at 5 times the speed of sound.

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President Donald Trump tweeted Sept. 21 that Michigan residents should request an absentee ballot and vote early. “To clarify, the president, the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican party do support absentee voting,” said Chris Gustafson, spokesman for the Trump campaign in Michigan. Michigan’s local election clerks already have received 2.4 million requests for absentee ballots for the November election. “But in general, we should expect greater availability of these absentee ballots to increase turnout,” he said. And it should worry any Republican on the ballot that Trump is undermining Republicans' attempts to promote absentee voting, Clark said.

Rosie Wild, an officer in the British Army, has become the first woman to pass the All Arms Pre Parachute Selection course, a brutal entry fitness test. Women have been able to undertake the "P-company" course since the mid-1990s and Brig. Completing the "Trainasium" which is an aerial assault course meant to test a soldier's ability to overcome fear. Completing a two-mile steeplechase, which includes a cross-country run and an assault course, within 19 minutes. Teams of 16 soldiers carry a 79kg stretcher over five miles but no more than four people can carry the stretcher at once.