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Survival Strategy: Michigan Olive Garden Restaurants Say No Discounts
In an era when restaurants are trying to win back customers with discounts, Olive Garden Restaurants in Michigan are taking a different tack: Survival. Restaurants such as McDonald's have recently announced $5 promotions in order to regain customers' loyalty during challenging economic times. But your local Olive Garden isn't jumping on the bandwagon.
Michigan is building the nation’s first smart highway
A three-mile stretch of Interstate 94 in Michigan will be converted into America’s first smart highway. Axios reports that the Alphabet-backed startup Cavnue has started constructing the smart highway as part of a new pilot project that could spur other construction projects across the country. Another project, a "Smart Freight Corridor" on State Highway 130 by Austin, Texas, is also being developed.
Saginaw Area Fireworks raises flag for Independence Holiday
SAGINAW, Mich.— Multiple events throughout the city of Saginaw are being held to celebrate the holiday. The Saginaw Area Fireworks raised its 80 ft. x 50 ft. flag to celebrate the 4th of July holiday. Volunteers assisted in the display of patriotism at the Andersen/ Court Street Bridge. In...
Independence Day: Summer-like with isolated rain chance
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Happy Independence Day! We have a forecast that is typical for summer, and what you would expect if you are outside celebrating today at local parades and barbeques. After the holiday, we are watching the remnants of Hurricane Beryl as that will influence the long term forecast.
Midland Street is booming. Bay City business owners explain why.
BAY CITY, MI – It was sometime around January when the Midland Street Management Board had a special meeting. The conference room on the third floor of city hall, where the meetings are held, was packed with residents, business owners and other interested parties. And everyone agreed, according to...
Saginaw 6-year-old Saved by Big Brother in Dog Attack
On June 30th, 6-year-old Lillian Chitwood was playing in the backyard of her grandparents' home. Suddenly, the neighbors pit bull got out of their fence, and attacked Lillian. It was her big brother, Nicholas, who ended up coming to her defense, and ultimately saved her life. I didn’t want her...
Police make 2 arrests after deadly shooting at Flint gas station
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Two suspects are in custody for a deadly double shooting at the BP gas station on Flint's north side Monday evening. Michigan State Police say investigators identified two suspects allegedly involved in the incident. Both suspects were arrested during a traffic stop on Tuesday. Authorities did...
Man Arrested In Fatal Iosco County Crash
A 34-year-old Hale man was arrested in Iosco County Tuesday for impaired driving resulting in the death of another man. State Police troopers were called to the scene on M-65 near Slosser Trail around 11:30 P.M. after a collision between a 2013 Ford Taurus and a 2015 Fiat 500. Investigators say the man was driving the Taurus heading north and turned directly into the path of the Fiat, driven by a 42-year-old Hale man. That man was critically injured and died later at a hospital. A 22-year-old Hale woman, who was the victim’s passenger, suffered minor injuries, as did the at fault driver.
Delta Air Lines flight to Amsterdam diverted to JFK due to coach passengers being served ‘contaminated food’
I travel to 20+ countries a year sharing my firsthand knowledge of reward travel, travel credit card deals, travel tips and more. A Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) was turned around mid-flight and diverted to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 4am this morning.
Corrections officers union asks Gov. Whitmer to deploy National Guard due to staffing shortages in Michigan prisons
(CBS DETROIT) - A union that represents Michigan corrections officers asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday to deploy the National Guard to help understaffed prisons. Byron Osborn, the president of the Michigan Corrections Organization - SEIU Local 526M, said in a letter to Whitmer that she needs to "take working conditions that have persisted and worsened" throughout her time as governor.The letter says that corrections officers have to work mandatory 16-hour overtime shifts per week, and have to run prison operations with "far less" than the number of officers required. Osborn said officers often have to work in isolated areas by themselves, jeopardizing...
Abandoned Michigan Sears Store: A Silent Reminder
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property. Sears stores were founded in 1886 as the R.W. Sears Watch Company in Chicago. Along with Richard Sears, the company was co-founded by Alvah Roebuck. For almost...
Michigan’s rarest butterfly is going extinct. Scientists are trying to save it.
BENTON HARBOR, MI – Ashley Cole-Wick brushed a walking pole across the tops of thin-leafed sedges in a groundwater-fed prairie fen in southern Michigan when a tiny, brown butterfly took flight. The endangered Mitchell’s satyr bobbled through the air low along the tops of the tall sedges and landed...
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