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Produce is being recalled at Walmart, Aldi stores in Michigan, 17 other states
A recall for vegetables and bagged salads has been expanded to cover additional produce sold at Walmart, Aldi and other retailers across 18 states. Last month, Wiers Farm Inc. of Ohio voluntarily recalled certain produce items, such as bagged peppers, green beans, salad cucumbers, organic yellow squash and organic zucchini squash, due to listeria contamination.
Lt. Governor Gilchrist to attend Upper Peninsula State Fair
DELTA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II will represent the governor's office at the Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba next week. Governor Gretchen Whitmer was not able to attend due to "schedule conflicts," according to the Delta County Chamber of Commerce. The Escanaba City Band will...
Michigan election officials tell voters to drop off ballots, not mail them
Just a day away from Michigan’s primary election, officials are concerned that the United States Postal Service may not deliver some voters’ absentee ballots on time. Birmingham City Clerk Alexandria Bingham told residents to drop their absentee ballot in person rather than rely on the mail, the Detroit Free Press reported. “We don’t want that […]
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance to visit Michigan this week
(CBS DETROIT) - Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance will visit Shelby Township this week. Vance, who campaigned last month in Grand Rapids alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump following the Republican National Convention, will speak at the Shelby Township Police Department at 10 a.m. Wednesday. "Michiganders are feeling the effects of Border Czar, Kamala Harris' crisis first-hand. Democrats in Michigan are prioritizing ludicrous programs for illegal immigrants, welcoming them into communities across the state. They've made sanctuary areas across the Wolverine State in places like Lansing, Ingham County, Kalamazoo County, Kent County, and Wayne County," a statement from Trump's campaign...
PickleRage opens its first indoor pickleball facility in the country in Michigan
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI - The weather is always perfect for pickleball at this new indoor facility. PickleRage has just opened its first pickleball club in the entire country in Michigan with locations in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids coming soon (dates and locations TBD), among other future facilities set to open soon across the country.
Big Post Office Changes That Are Affecting All of Michigan
I realize we don't use the mail as much as we used to. We wrote personal letters, business correspondence, mailed cards, invitations, paid bills, and so much more, all through the mail. Our mailman, mailperson, became our friend because they would deliver mail to our door. But, not so much...
5th-graders appeal to Legislature to make stonefly Michigan's insect
Teacher Emma Witkovsky was putting together a booklet of facts about the 50 U.S. states for her students and noticed something unexpected when she got to Michigan's information. "I said to my husband, 'Michigan doesn't have a state insect, and all of the other states do, except Iowa,'" said Witkovsky, a fifth-grade teacher at Grand Rapids Public Schools' Aberdeen Academy. ...
In Michigan’s vast UP, finding help for drugs is hard. So is finding solutions
Greg Toutant, CEO of Great Lakes Recovery Centers, says the common problems of addiction care are made worse in the Upper Peninsula by the large area and sparse population. (Bridge photo by Ryan Stephens) Drug treatment can be hours away in parts of the Upper Peninsula. Fifteen counties had planned...
U.P. Pasty Fest will step back into medieval times this month
CALUMET, MI - One of the Upper Peninsula’s favorite summer celebrations - Pasty Fest - is back for a two-day run this month. And it will have a medieval twist. Sure, there will still be the classic car show and pasty pull, live music and the delicious bake-off to mark the event’s 20th anniversary on Aug. 16 and 17.