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A Ranch Dressing Spill Causes The Most Michigan Road Closure Possible
If there's one thing Michiganders love, it's ranch dressing. Some people put that special condiment on everything. Salad, pizza, chicken wings, french fries, heck, I bet people would go swimming in the stuff if they had the chance. Ranch is one of the food's best friends. Apparently, asphalt and Ranch have begun speaking too. Confused? I bet.
Study Says Michigan Believes Its Teachers Are Woefully Underpaid
Many people agree that teachers are one of the most underpaid positions in the entire workforce. Oftentimes they work well over 40 hours, pay out of pocket for classroom supplies, and handle 15-25 children per day. If you know a teacher, you know it's exhaustive work. Unfortunately, in most situations,...
Michigan’s weekend weather: Way different from last weekend
Do you remember last weekend’s weather? Well forget about it because this weekend will be nothing like it. We are in store for a warm Saturday afternoon and an almost hot Sunday afternoon. I do want you to know it will be fairly dry air this weekend, causing the overnight temperatures to really cool off. We will wake up to a touch of cool very early both weekend days. By 10 a.m each morning the sun will have blasted away the chill. Temperatures should be at least 70 degrees by 10 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
Last-of-its-kind Grand Rapids-area bait shop hits the market after 60-year run
Brothers Randy and Terry Brenner say the time is right to retire from the Comstock Park bait shop and auto repair garage their father purchased in 1963 and that they’ve helped build since childhood. Brenner’s Sporting Goods sells live bait and a range of fishing lures and tackle and...
MICHIGAN SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM: A WIN FOR STUDENTS AND LOCAL AGRICULTURE
Wow, how times have changed! Remember the days when your parents would have to give you money daily so you could buy a school lunch? It looks like those days are over for all Michigan elementary, middle and high school students. Earlier this year, Govenor Gretchen Whitmer was able to...
Michigan Retailer Targeted by Organized Crime Ring Out $800K
An organized crime ring that targeted Meijer stores in Michigan has cost the retailer more than $800K. Prosecutors say nine people were in on the scheme, using counterfeit coupon barcodes to fraudulently obtain Visa and MasterCard gift cards. The scheme took place over several years, beginning in 2018. Nine People...
Are Michigan Schools Ready to Adopt a Four-Day Week?
Is your family ready to embrace a four-day school week? Although it's a fairly new concept, two school districts in Northern Michigan have already adopted it. According to the Associated Press, there are roughly 13,000 school districts in the United States. Two decades ago, there were only about 100 school districts in the US observing a four-day week. That number grew to 662 in 2019 and currently stands at close to 900 districts nationwide.
Study Says Michigan Believes Its Teachers Are Woefully Underpaid
Many people agree that teachers are one of the most underpaid positions in the entire workforce. Oftentimes they work well over 40 hours, pay out of pocket for classroom supplies, and handle 15-25 children per day. If you know a teacher, you know it's exhaustive work. Unfortunately, in most situations,...
'Things are going fantastic': Michigan Senate Majority Leader Brinks gives thoughts on DNC
CHICAGO, Ill. — Thursday marks the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and several Michigan Democrats are in attendance. One of them is Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D - Grand Rapids), who has said she is happy with how the convention has gone so far.
'I'm just being me,' Gretchen Whitmer says as she prepares to take DNC stage
CHICAGO ― Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is getting the reception of a rock star at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, but she's not doing anything differently than she does it in Michigan. "I don't know, I'm just being me," she told The Free Press in an interview at the convention...
Will Livingston have a cold and snowy winter? Here's the Farmers' Almanac prediction.
Get ready for a wet and cold winter in Michigan, according to a new prediction from the Farmers' Almanac. The 208th edition of the Farmers' Almanac, out now, foresees a "Wet Winter Whirlwind" for the upcoming 2024-25 winter season. "It definitely looks more wet than white in many areas," Farmers' Almanac editor...
Michigan plans $14.97 minimum wage by 2028 — but seeks court clarity first
LANSING — Michigan intends to raise its minimum wage to $12.48 in 2025 and $14.97 by 2028 but is seeking clarity from the state Supreme Court before proceeding. That’s according to a Wednesday filing by the state treasury and labor departments, which is asking justices to further explain by Sept. 15 their earlier blockbuster ruling requiring wage increases that account for inflation.
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