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LA SALLE — Jennifer Bolton started a cool job this summer. The LaSalle resident owns and operates Jen’s Vintage Treats, a mobile ice cream camper. When she is not peddling frozen confections, the 50-year-old sells real estate. "I’ve always wanted to own my own ice cream shop," Jennifer...

HILLSDALE — ALDI is coming to Hillsdale but the timeline for construction of their new retail site remains unclear.  ALDI submitted a site plan to the city of Hillsdale’s Planning Commission for review to build a new store directly across from Hillsdale’s new Meijer store which opened this spring.  ...

Popular popcorn spot Cravings is having a slow summer, and the owner is reaching out directly to his customers for help.

MONROE COUNTY — Below are recent birth announcements reported by ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital and recent marriage license applications reported by the Monroe County Clerk's Office. New arrivals. Son, Cole William Sowle-Ponder, to Mercedes Coffman and Cole Sowle-Aldworth, Monroe, June 28 at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital. Daughter, Emma Elizabeth...

Anytime there’s any kind of infectious disease or virus. It’s important to get the word out and let people know if they’ve been exposed to anything dangerous. One of the most dangerous is rubeola, or as it’s commonly known measles. Measles is probably one of the...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX)—The Michigan State Police (MSP) will honor a fallen hero on Friday. A highway dedication ceremony will be held for trooper Caleb Starr. Starr was killed in the line of duty when a drunk driver hit him in Ionia County in July 2020. On Friday, a stretch...

Most people have a desire to make as much money as they possibly can to not just take care of themselves and their families but also to have bragging rights as one of the richest people alive or to ever live. I can't lie, it's nice motivation to have in life and money does make life easier and happier but is not the end all be all since we don't get to take it with us after life. Nonetheless, most of us are competing for the best paying jobs for different reasons.

The Michigan State Police announced this week that they are reopening the decades-long missing person cold case of Cassandra Durham. Cassandra has been missing since August 1987. According to officials and the FBI's official missing persons website, she and her boyfriend, identified only as having the initials "E.B." were traveling...

It’s always sad when a beloved local restaurant or bar closes down, but then, it’s super happy news when that said restaurant or bar reopens. Such is the case with a Michigan restaurant that has reopened after being closed more than a decade. That’s such a long time to be away, but what’s nice is that regulars from this restaurant are still around and ready to support the reopened business.

The Home Run Derby is one of the most exciting events in all of sports, its comparable to the 3-point shootout, the dunk contest, hockey shootout, penalty kicks, and other all-star/ skill competitions that take place in sports. Both die-hard and casual baseball fans turn their heads and give their undivided attention to the MLB Home Run Derby and celebrate all of the moonshot mania that occurs. I would say this year's Derby was no different but that couldn't be farther from the truth.

Four players from the Brother Rice team that reached the Division 1 championship make up half of the Oakland County players that were named to this year’s Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Dream Team. That quartet also joined 13 others from the area who were selected to this...

MARQUETTE, MI - As Michigan energy regulators study the unique challenges facing the Upper Peninsula’s electric grid and its path away from fossil fuel-based power generation, they want to hear from residents. The Michigan Public Service Commission will present on an ongoing U.P. energy study and take public comment...

An Indiana woman has been arrested in Michigan in connection with her foster son’s death, RadarOnline.com has learned.On April 25, deputies responded to a home in Valparaiso after receiving information about a 10-year-old boy suffering a medical emergency, according to Front Page Detectives.The boy, Dakota Stevens, was taken to a hospital and then later airlifted to another facility, where he was taken off life support two days later and died.In June, the medical examiner ruled Stevens’ death homicide by mechanical asphyxia.On July 12, the Porter County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for 48-year-old Jennifer Wilson’s arrest for a charge of...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Weather has turned calm in West Michigan, so get ready for a sunshine-filled weekend. As winds increase Thursday evening out of the north, a beach hazard statement will remain in effect for Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, and Van Buren counties. Wave heights will continue to grow this evening and could reach up to 5 feet on the north side of piers.

The NAACP is holding their convention at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas and among the promoted speakers was Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

‘A family fight over the business,’ according to reports, has led to the sudden closure of several locations of a restaurant chain in Michigan. After 52 locations closed, Lefty’s Famous Cheesesteaks, Hoagies & Grill is down to 20 locations nationwide. The first restaurant in this fast food franchise...

Michigan Rep. John James (R) made a callback to a controversial remark made by President Joe Biden during the Republican National Convention.

HASTINGS, MI -- For the past four years, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf has been on a quest to prove there was fraud in the 2020 elections, a conspiracy touted by losing presidential candidate Donald Trump. Now Leaf himself is in the middle of an election, running against more contenders...