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Monroe County Region boasts a wealth of prep volleyball talent
The Michigan High School Volleyball Coaches’ Association picks 10 seniors each season as nominees for its Miss Volleyball Award. This year, three of the 10 are from the Monroe County region. That shows the quality of volleyball in the region. ...
DNR and MSU Release 500 Baby Sturgeon in Michigan River
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University recently released 500 sturgeon fingerlings in another river. Lake sturgeon are native fish in the Great Lakes they look prehistoric and can grow to 6 feet long and weigh 100 pounds. Now that's what I call a whopper!. Lake Sturgeon...
New Requirement: Michigan High Schools Must Now Offer Personal Finance Classes
While managing personal finances is something all of us get thrust into, it's a lesson that's more or less been missing from high school. That, however, is now changing in Michigan. All Michigan freshmen are now required to take a personal finance course. Finance Classes Have Been Lacking in Michigan...
$1 million Powerball ticket sold at metro Detroit gas station
Check your tickets! One lucky Michigander could be $1 million richer after a ticket matching five white ball numbers in the Powerball drawing was sold in the state Wednesday. The million-dollar ticket was purchased from MD Westland LLC at 32919 Cherry Hill Rd. in Westland, according to the Michigan Lottery. ...
Michigan corrections officers call on lawmakers over long shifts at women's prison
YPSILANTI, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — For the fifth time in two weeks, the Michigan Corrections Organization (MCO) is bringing attention to prison staffing shortages by picketing outside of state correctional facilities.On Thursday, workers were outside of Michigan's only women's prison, the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti.Some corrections officers say it's not uncommon to come into work planning on an eight-hour shift, only to find out that it's getting pushed to 16 hours while they're still on the clock. They claim that they are left with eight hours to commute home, check in with family, and catch up on...
U-M forecast says Michigan's economy at a crossroads: What the next two years may bring
In the last few months, major Michigan employers have announced job cuts, the state's unemployment rate has risen and disposable income per capita has declined. What does that mean for the state's future? A recently released economic forecast for the state from the University of Michigan Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics said it can...
PSC: Michigan utility credits for outages raised by $2, still won't cover outage losses
The Michigan Public Service Commission increased on Thursday the amount that utilities must automatically credit customers who face lengthy electricity outages to $40 a day, an increase of $2. The decision came about a week after violent storms knocked out power to more than a half-million residents. The PSC — the state regulatory...
Michigan used to shut down its worst nursing homes. Then it stopped.
By the time state officials shut down the Venoy Nursing Center in Wayne in 1999, the roof leaked like a sieve. The water that poured in when it rained created a stench that a temporary manager described as “a mixture of dead skunk, rotted meat and urine.”. Employees at...
Gwen Walz uses her ‘teacher voice’ calling for Michigan educators to mobilize for Harris
It’s back to school season and former teacher Gwen Walz can smell the sharpened pencils and fresh paper from the campaign trail. Walz reminisced Wednesday with educators in Grand Rapids about her time as a high school English teacher in Nebraska, sharing an old choir room that had been split with a divider with a […]
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