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Michigan Cities With the Highest Percentage of Workers OVER 65
It's common knowledge that Michiganders are a hardworking and proud people. Most of us have been doing what we do for decades and don't know when to quit. Sure, most of us dream of hanging up our work clothes for the last time when we hit the age of 65, while others keep going well into their golden years.
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...
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...
Eyeing a world record, arborists shimmy up 50-foot trees in 10 seconds or less
HOLLAND, MI -- The championship stage is high up in the treetops for the Michigan arborists climbing their way to first place. Michigan’s Tree Climbing Championship is returning to Holland Sept. 20-22 at Prospect Park. The Michigan chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture hosts one of the largest...
Watch Out: Trending Scam Targeting Michigan Children
There's a new scam targeting children here in Michigan, and parents everywhere should be concerned with this one. Sextortion is one of those scams that can happen almost anywhere online, whether it’s a social media platform, messaging app, or even through online games. What makes it so dangerous is how easily predators can reach out.
Michigan Cities Largely Predicted to Grow in Next 50 Years Outpacing Much of America
We hope you're ready to gain some new neighbors. When asked to predict Michigan was largely seen as a region on the grow. This may be somewhat surprisingly given decades of decline, particularly in the cites of the Rust Belt, that Michigan has faced. But climate concerns as well as shifts in other regions of the country could spur a population increase in the Great Lakes region in general and Michigan in particular.
A Michigan canvasser said he might not certify the election. Now the ACLU is suing him.
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.The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is suing a member of the Kalamazoo County Board of Canvassers, hoping a judge will declare that the man must certify the November election results, after a newspaper reported him saying that he might not.The suit is part of a growing legal effort around the country to ensure that the November election is certified on time by making it clear to any potentially defiant officials that they’re not allowed to...
Teen Mom Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra take $433k Michigan home off the market after foreclosure fears
TEEN Mom stars Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra have taken their $433,000 home off the market amid foreclosure rumors. The couple listed the home for sale in September 2023, dropping the price months after their failure to pay taxes on the house left them in danger of foreclosure. Catelynn and Tyler, both 32, took the […]
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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