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New Scholten ad seeks to reach independents
First in Punchbowl News: Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) has a new television ad highlighting her generations-long West Michigan roots as the Frontliner tries to woo independent voters in the battleground district. The ad, titled “Traditions,” details how Scholten’s “faith and family” drove her interest in public service. The six-figure ad...
Upper Michigan Today is in the greenhouse at Samara Floral Co.
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WLUC) - It’s prime time for growing flowers, and for one Negaunee floral shop owner, adding a greenhouse to the property means a better customer experience. Upper Michigan Today took its show to Rail St. in Negaunee, where Elizabeth Peterson and Tia Trudgeon met up with Samara Floral Co.’s Shailah Pelto for a look around her greenhouse.
Pharmacy Chain Shutting Down All Remaining Locations In Michigan
Many Michigan residents rely on their favorite pharmacy to fill necessary prescriptions or as a convenient way to grab medicine and other household items. However several chain pharmacies in Michigan have faced financial struggles, and more consumers moving to do business online has led to restructuring efforts to save them. One drugstore chain has announced that over 800 locations are closing, including all locations in Michigan.
DNR Has New Rules For Michigan’s 2024 Deer Season
Another Michigan whitetail deer season is approaching, and with it, some rule tweaks from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Many of the changes mean more opportunities to bag your deer, while some mean tighter restrictions for certain Deer Management Units and zones in both the Upper (UP) and Lower (LP) Peninsulas in Michigan. Here's a closer look at updated regulations for the 2024 whitetail deer season.
Abandoned House Somewhere in the Michigan Woods, Up for Auction
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property. To protect this empty, deserted piece of property back in the Michigan woods, the exact location is purposely eliminated – to discourage any trespassers and would-be vandals.
Extremely Contagious Viral Disease Spreading Rapidly, MI Impacted
As the summer season winds down in Michigan, the likelihood of spreading illness rises as we head back to school and head indoors with the cooler weather. Health officials are warning of a rise in a highly contagious disease that spreads quickly and is now affecting Michigan. Extremely Contagious Viral...
‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’: impaired driving enforcement to begin soon
LANSING, Mich. (WJMN) — The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign is encouraging sober driving as the Labor Day holiday nears. The holiday weekend is one of the deadliest times of the year in terms of impaired-driving fatalities, indicating that a late-summer enforcement period is needed more than ever. During a three-week period this […]
High waves and currents prompt swim advisory on Lake Michigan beaches
(WLUK) -- A swim advisory has been issued for Lake Michigan beaches from Washington Island to Sheboygan. Dangerous waves, up to four feet, and currents are expected Thursday morning through early Friday morning, the National Weather Service reports. Officials urge people not to swim during this time.
Forty Years Ago This Historic Michigan Lighthouse Was Set Ablaze
Lighthouses are the silent guardians of the lakeshore, calling the sailors home since 280 BC when the first lighthouse was made in Egypt. Since then, lighthouses have gone from lighthouse keepers lighting large fires to lighthouses becoming mainly automated and using lightbulbs. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state...
Granholm in Michigan: Where are we going to find people for all these jobs?
ANN ARBOR, MI — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recalls when she was Michigan’s governor the question was: Where are we going to find jobs for all these people?. Now, she said, the question is: Where are we going to find people for all these jobs?. If...
Michigan Is One of the Luckiest Lottery States in the Country
It's not just me, right? It feels like every other week, we're talking about ANOTHER huge winner of the lottery in Michigan. It seriously feels like everyone around me is winning... except me. Well, as much as that sucks, all I can say is... keep trying, because a recent survey...
J.D. Vance Makes Huge Mistake Trying to Defend Trump’s Workers Comment
J.D. Vance on Wednesday doubled down on Donald Trump’s comments about firing striking workers. As Vance addressed a small crowd at a campaign event in Michigan, a CBS News reporter gave Vance a chance to clean up the mess Trump made during his conversation with Elon Musk earlier this week. “The UAW president said that Donald Trump and Elon Musk sneered at labor workers when talking about how Elon Musk fired folks looking to organize. The Teamster president who also spoke at the RNC called this ‘economic terrorism.’ What’s your reaction to the backlash that Donald Trump’s getting from that...
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