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Michigan Students Can Now Take The SAT Online
One of the most stressful years of school is junior year of high school as some of your friends or siblings begin to move away for college, college applications become real for you, physical and mental changes as puberty commences, and more contributing factors are all happening at once. As difficult as the year may be, it is easily one of the most pivotal years of your life.
97% of teachers buy classroom supplies out of pocket
It's the time of year that families are trying to work out their budget for back-to-school supplies, but parents aren't the only ones trying to scrape together the funds— your child's teacher might be buying their construction paper and pencils with their own money.
Popular Michigan Tag Team Reportedly Signing with WWE
Wrestling is cool again. It's like the attitude era all over again with the way the business has changed over the last few years. Still, plenty of stars made their name in the years between. One such tag team was the Motor City Machine Guns. Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, both born in Michigan (Shelley in Detroit, Sabin in Pinckney), for the duo that has won championships pretty much everywhere in wrestling except the WWE.
Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday announced two more bird flu cases among farmworkers, but they also said a new study in Michigan suggested the virus is not causing silent infections in people. Last month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launched a study of workers who were around cows sickened by the bird flu. The researchers drew blood from 35 people. One goal was to determine if there were people who never had any symptoms but did have evidence of past infections. None of the blood testing showed antibodies that would indicate such infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday. Meanwhile, two more infections tied to a Colorado poultry farm were reported, bringing the total to six. It’s the largest outbreak of human bird flu infections in U.S. history, and accounts for most of the 11 cases reported to date. Ten of those cases occurred this year, all among farmworkers and all with mild symptoms.
Congressional Republicans threaten to subpoena Biden administration over swing-state voter outreach program
EXCLUSIVE — Republican leaders on the House and Senate Small Business committees are threatening to subpoena the Small Business Administration for information on its voter registration program with Michigan. Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), chairman of the House committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) called the agreement “politically motivated” in a letter sent to SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman on Monday. In the letter, exclusively […]
Township trustee charged with computer crimes over emails sent from supervisor’s address
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A Scio Township trustee is charged with interfering with electronic communications – a felony – over what her attorney called a “misunderstanding.”. Current trustee and candidate for supervisor Jillian Kerry, a Democrat, has been accused of forwarding an email from the address...
Renovation of historic Washtenaw County township hall faces criticism
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Lima Township Hall, built in the 1880s, is a sentimental building to township Supervisor Duane Luick, but Elaine Bater, a former township clerk, mostly remembers the dead bats and rats she cleaned out of its walls. Bater spent hours, she said, cleaning in the hall at...
Michigan State Police asking for tips after road rage shooting on I-94 involving Dodge Charger, Chevy Equinox
An investigation is underway following an alleged road rage shooting on I-94 in Washtenaw County Thursday afternoon near Sylvan Township involving a Dodge Charger and a Chevy Equinox.
Ann Arbor police looking to ID young men in 'alarming' incident who held up photo of monkey on doorbell camera at Black family's home
Ann Arbor police are asking for help identifying two young men connected to what they describe as “an alarming incident” at a home in the Foxfire subdivision on the city’s north side.
This Downtown Ann Arbor restaurant is familiar to most
The annual Ann Abor Art Fair is happening this weekend, and if you’re looking to grab a bite in between shopping, how about trying a place that makes handmade pretzel sticks? Ashley’s on Liberty Street in Downtown Ann Arbor has been a stable in the community for more than four decades.
Chelsea City Council Questions Fatal Head-On Collision
Police Chief confirms no pursuit involved in tragic June incident. Image: Eastbound Old US-12 in Chelsea. Image: Google Streetview. At the July 15, 2024, Chelsea City Council meeting, Police Chief Kevin Kazyak was asked if police pursuit was involved in a head-on collision that killed a 39-year-old Burton, MI, man a month earlier.
Firefighters battle heavy fire at Toledo house considered a ‘code red’ building
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo Fire and Rescue crews are battling a house fire Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the house fire at Boalt and Field, not far from the intersection of Broadway and Walbridge, in Toledo before 1:30 p.m. on July 19. The house was already marked as a code red building, meaning that it was not structurally sound, so firefighters won’t go inside.
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