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2 charged in killing of Muskegon Heights man, 63
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI — Two men were arraigned on charges of open murder Monday for their suspected roles in the death of 63-year-old Michael Farmer. Robert Reed, 36, of Muskegon Heights, and Leland Snyder, 41, of Muskegon, were both arraigned Monday, July 29, in Muskegon County District Court, according to court records.
Tires, propane tanks and electronics | North Kent Transfer Station opens to take Kent County's waste
KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Waste drop-off just got safer and more efficient for Kent County residents with the opening of the North Kent Transfer Station. The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW) announced Monday that the new station is now open to the public. Kent County residents and...
Pocket Watch: Their Time is Now
So often in music, like in life, timing is everything. That’s definitely the case for rising Grand Rapids jazz fusion group Pocket Watch. Coming together rather serendipitously, finding each other at the right place, and the right time, the six-piece has come into their own in not much time at all.
Hospital system offers spice packets for patient food
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Corewell Health is trying to challenge the idea that hospital food is bland and boring. The hospital system has partnered with Milford Spice Co., to create five sodium-free spice packets for use in all 21 care locations across the state. "What we find in the...
Grand Rapids announces next neighbor engagement for Commission Night Out in Third Ward
GRAND RAPIDS- The Grand Rapids City Commission will hold its next Commission Night Out in the Third Ward on Tuesday, July 30, at the Gerald R. Ford Academic Center. This is the second of three night out meetings planned for this year. After dinner is provided, there will be an engagement session and a business meeting with public hearings.
Detroit lawyer: My friend, JD Vance, ditched beliefs for ‘money and power’
Michigan attorney releases trove of email communications with Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance. In 2016 emails, Vance called Donald Trump ‘morally reprehensible,’ criticized law enforcement and expressed a belief in systemic racism. Sofia Nelson, who is transgender, said her friendship with Vance ended after he took office...
Driver injured in Spring Lake Township car crash, deputies say
SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A driver was taken to the hospital after a car crash in Spring Lake Township Sunday afternoon, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. The crash happened on Leonard Road near 144th Avenue at about 3:27 p.m. The driver, 28, of Wyoming, had been...
See all homes sold in Grand Haven and Spring Lake, July 22 to July 28
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Grand Haven and Spring Lake reported from July 22 to July 28. There were 24 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,192-square-foot home on Brucker Street in Grand Haven that sold for $420,000.
Michigan Supreme Court decision will likely strike hundreds from sex-offender registry
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s policy of putting people on a sex-offender registry even if their crime was nonsexual is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court said Monday. In a 5-2 decision, the court said a portion of a 2021 law is “cruel or unusual punishment” barred by the Michigan Constitution. A Wayne County man in 2015 […]
Michigan has fix in place after brief outage in early-voter check-in system
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here.An overloaded server briefly brought Michigan’s voter check-in system to a crawl Saturday morning, a hiccup on the first day of early in-person voting in the state primary that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says she is “confident” won’t happen again.The error was the result of other applications running on the same server that also hosted the state’s early voting electronic poll books, Benson said during a news conference Monday. When voting started, those hundreds of poll...
Northern Lights possible across most of Michigan this week
(CBS DETROIT) - Residents across Michigan have a chance to see the Northern Lights this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a strong geomagnetic storm watch from July 29 through 31 due to an increased number of coronal mass ejections, which are eruptions of solar material. Where will the Northern Lights be visible in Michigan?In Michigan, the viewing line for the Northern Lights forecast for tonight appears to reach part of Metro Detroit, while the forecast for tomorrow brings the viewing line further south, covering all of Michigan. Forecasters say solar activity was elevated over the...
Michigan woman opens spam folder, finds she’s won $207K lottery prize
MACOMB COUNTY, MI – A Michigan woman got the surprise of a lifetime after she found an email in her spam folder informing her she’d won a $207,199 lottery prize. The 54-year-old from Macomb County, who chose to remain anonymous, won after she was selected in a random drawing on July 9.
Here’s who is running in Michigan’s 96th House District race
BAY CITY, MI – The Republican incumbent for the representative of Michigan’s 96h District is being challenged in the August primary, while a Democrat is running unopposed and will face the winner in the November general election. Timothy Beson, R-Bay City, will match up against challenger Chaz Fowler...
Another Michigan Democrat cited as ‘dark horse’ VP candidate for Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON D.C. — A new Michigan Democrat has emerged as a “dark horse” candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris’ search for a running mate in her bid for the presidency. U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, of Bloomfield Township, was the subject of an Axios report this week...
How one state's 'fair and reasonable' reforms allow car insurers to charge more in Black neighborhoods
Alana, a retired preschool teacher on a fixed income, gave up driving because of how expensive it was to insure her car. Insurance, she recalled, cost more than her monthly auto payments. "I've turned down at least three good-paying jobs because I couldn't get there," she said. "I was so hurt. I went into a deep depression after that."
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