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Michigan GOP selects candidates for key races at convention in Flint
The event follows a leadership dispute at the start of the year. The current head of the party said he wants to unite the party into a winning team. Michigan GOP selects candidates for key races at convention in Flint. The event follows a leadership dispute at the start of...
In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies
PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican election officials are outcasts in their rural communities. Michigan cities already were familiar with the consequences of election conspiracy theories. In 2020, Republicans flooded Detroit’s ballot counting center looking for fraud. Democratic and Republican election officials faced an onslaught of threats. […]
‘High Risk’ Recall Issued for Candy Sold at Walmart, Target, and Dollar Generals in Michigan
A popular candy company that sells products in three major stores across the country, and in Michigan, has issued a recall on several of their products, due to possible contamination, and presence of Salmonella. The recall was listed as as a "Class I" recall, which is the highest risk level...
Dollar General to pay $12 million in fines over worker safety issues
Dollar General has agreed to pay $12 million in a settlement with the federal government over workplace safety. The ubiquitous retail chain, with 19,000 locations including more than 700 in Michigan, agreed to the settlement last month with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It comes after Dollar General had been cited repeatedly for unsafe working conditions and was deemed a “severe violator” by the federal agency.
Michigan suspends child care center’s license after state found 65 violations
LANSING, MI - A Michigan child care center with a documented history of problems is no longer operating after the state ordered it to shut down and suspended its license. The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential Licensing Bureau issued a notice Aug. 22 that it plans revoke the license of Tiny Tators Childcare LLC, 1036 Bell Road in Niles, after investigators found the center “failed to provide appropriate care and supervision of children at all times and used prohibited means of discipline when caring for children.”
Billboards Are Ruining Michigan And It’s Time To Ban Them
Growing up in Grand Rapids, we're not strangers to billboards shoved in our faces every couple of feet going along US-131. As of 2023, there are an estimated 450 billboards in Grand Rapids alone. Then, the billboards space out and you can appreciate Pure Michigan. But Michigan has an outrageous...
Voters in Michigan worried about Gaza, economy
As the United States hurtles towards a presidential election this November between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, AFP has been taking the temperature in key counties of seven battleground states. "What will matter the most to me in the presidential election when I vote in November is the candidates' stance on international policy and whether or not they have a humanitarian stance toward what is happening in Gaza, and in the West Bank, and in Lebanon and Syria," she said.
Karamo ejected from convention as divisions persist in Michigan Republican Party
FLINT — Michigan Republicans activists are united behind former President Donald Trump, but other strong divisions persist, a Saturday state party convention in Flint made clear. The party selected its two candidates for the Michigan Supreme Court early Saturday evening, but voting and counting continued for university boards and the State Board of...
Michigan DNR Approves Electric Bikes On State Trails
The use of electric bikes is going up every day in Michigan- you've probably seen people ripping around town at a high speed on these motorized bicycles. So naturally in a move that reflects the rising popularity of electric bikes, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has updated its rules to allow certain e-bikes on state-owned trails.
Donald Trump to visit Michigan again on Thursday. This time, it's Potterville
Michigan's importance to the Trump campaign was reinforced Saturday when former President Donald Trump announced he will make his eighth visit to Michigan this year, scheduling an event in Eaton County Thursday. Trump, who is already scheduled to visit Detroit on Monday to address a conference of the National Guard Association of the...
UP town celebrates special fungi with a festival
CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich. (WLUC) - The people of Crystal Falls put the fun in fungus on Saturday for the 33rd annual Humongous Fungus Festival. “Other than all the geologists that come here every year to measure how much it’s growing, I mean that alone brings this little town in the U.P., you know, puts us on the map worldwide,” said Vendor Village Event Organizer Alisa Nelson.
Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority completes Negaunee marshland boardwalk
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WLUC) - IOHRA Administrator Bob Hendrickson gives updates for the end of the summer season, including the completion of the marshland boardwalk project in Negaunee. The boardwalk is now open for anyone to use. Hendrickson gives tips on trail etiquette and staying safe on the boardwalk and the...
78-year-old U.P. man missing for 3 days rescued from forest
ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI -- A 78-year-old man was treated for dehydration and exposure after he was rescued Saturday in the woods, three days after he went missing. According to WLUC-6, search crews found Richard Schaefer roughly 1.7 miles from M-26 near the Firesteel Bridge in a wooded area. Crews located...
Village approves variance request for Circle K
The L’Anse Village Council last week, acting as the village’s zoning board of appeals, approved a dimensional variance request, which will allow Circle K gas and diesel to. reduce the property line setback distances that would usually be required for an upcoming building project. Village manager Bob LaFave said Circle K got back with the village in July on variance requests. “They purchased the old Kissel Chevrolet property (along US-41 just.
Iron Mountain businesses hold cancer benefit
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (WLUC) - Iron Mountain businesses held a benefit for an employee. Kyley Corsi, 22, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The Sol Blu Lounge and Taproom Bar held a cancer benefit for Corsi Saturday afternoon. The event proceeds and a portion of the total sales will go...
Vintage Day in Hermansville honors longtime resident
HERMANSVILLE, Mich. (WLUC) - A Menominee County town celebrated its own history Sunday afternoon. Hermansville community members gathered at the IXL Historical Museum for Vintage Day. Museum President Marilyn Popp says the town had a booming logging industry about 100 years ago. “We’re celebrating the way things were back then,”...
Racers used modified snowmobiles in Lake Linden
LAKE LINDEN, Mich. (WLUC) - Racers used snowmobiles to compete in Lake Linden Sunday at the Lake Linden campgrounds. It was the 5th annual Jeff Moyle Memorial Watercross event. Watercross racer James Marietta says the sport disappeared in the 90s. “There’s enough of us doing it, and the support of...
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