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Up North restaurant hosts cabbage-eating competition for bragging rights
ELBERTA, MI - Your mom always told you to eat your veggies. But have you ever pondered how much freshly-grilled cabbage - seasoned with salt and pepper - you could pack away in four minutes?. Lucky for us, there will be an answer to that question on Wednesday, July 3...
Ice cream recall 2024: Get rid of products from these 13 brands, FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is recalling more than 65 ice cream products produced by Maryland-based food manufacturer Totally Cool, Inc. due to potential listeria contamination. The recall includes 68 products from 13 brands, including:. Friendly’s. Hershey’s Ice cream. Abilyn’s Frozen Bakery. Yelloh. Cumberland Farms. The...
Michigan residents could collect 6 extra weeks of unemployment under Democrat plan
LANSING, MI – Michigan residents could receive six additional weeks of unemployment benefits under a new plan backed by Democrats. If enacted, the House bill would allow Michigan residents who file for unemployment benefits on or after Jan. 15, 2025, to receive up to 26 weeks of benefits, which is a month-and-a-half longer than the current 20-week maximum.
Great Lakes Loons stage greatest comeback in franchise history
The Great Lakes Loons pulled off a win Sunday, setting some franchise history in the process. The Loons rallied from an eight-run deficit to beat Lake County, 12-10, for the largest comeback in franchise history, dating back to its first season in 2007. Great Lakes, which entered Sunday’s game with...
Future Olympians go on birdie binge to claim 2024 Dow Championship
Perhaps it wasn’t as impressive as an Olympic victory, but that may yet come for the 2024 Dow Championship winners. Ruoning Yin and Atthaya Thitikul birdied the final hole to claim the Dow championship Sunday at the Midland Country Club, giving both players momentum with the Paris Olympics on the horizon.
After a year of bad news, how do Ann Arbor Public Schools move forward?
ANN ARBOR, MI - After her first few months on the job, which included helping to discover a $25-million budget shortfall and concocting a plan to cut more than $20 million to help remedy that, Ann Arbor Public Schools Interim Superintendent Jazz Parks was more than ready to have good news to share.
Watch Michigan man save raccoon’s life as it choked on cheese
BURTON, MI — Well, this is a story William “Boski” Messenger will tell around the campfire for years to come. The Burton resident and business owner saved the life of a raccoon as it was choking on a piece of cheese in his backyard. If you purchase...
Michigan dam repair costs, the future of the State Theatre and more Bay County-area news
BAY COUNTY, MI – A lot happened this week in and around Bay County. For starters, a significant ruling was handed down by a Michigan judge in a case regarding the Four Lakes Task Force. Meanwhile, locals created a nonprofit organization with intentions of possibly making an offer to buy the historic State Theatre in Bay City.
‘They don’t care about us’: Students hurt, confused by Michigan college’s downsizing
ANN ARBOR, MI - Kaleigh McClelland enrolled at her dream school last fall, joining the defending national champion softball team at Concordia University Ann Arbor. Now a rising sophomore at third base, the Saline native was part of the Cardinal’s second straight National Christian College Athletic Association championship in May in Kansas City. The hope is the third generation Concordia legacy will see a bigger role on the team next spring enroute to a three-peat.
Happy Fourth of July, but let’s give the volunteers a hand!
The following is a weekly column from Bob Johnson, editor of The Saginaw News/MLive. The Fourth of July was one of the most exciting times of the year during my youth. The whole day was special. It was the day when my dad would break out the burgundy and white...
7 road closures on tap this week across Michigan
Road construction will slow this week, given Thursday is the Fourth of July, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Michigan roads will be smooth sailing. Between Sunday, June 30, and Saturday, July 6, more than 40 new lane, ramp, and road closures are scheduled to begin, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).
One year with hands-free law, Michigan drivers aren’t putting their phones down, data shows
LANSING, MI -- The fragility of life was exposed as their 44-year-old love story came to an earthly end. Had a motorist followed Michigan’s year-old law banning cell phone use while driving, the tragedy might have been avoided. Tina Yaney, a 63-year-old, churchgoing grandmother of three from Macomb Township,...
Jennifer Kupcho eyes LPGA Dow history heading into final round
Jennifer Kupcho has a chance to make LPGA Dow history at Midland Country Club Sunday after teaming with Ally Ewing to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the 2024 Dow Championship. Kupcho, who won the 2022 Great Lakes Bay Invitational title in 2022 with Lizette Salas, can...
Driver rescues dog from car after sinking it into lake
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – A motorist who drove into a lake was able to free himself and his dog from the vehicle before it sank 10 feet down into the water. Rescue crews were called at 3:50 p.m. Saturday, June 29, to Monterey Lake, north of Allegan, for a report of a vehicle that had gone into the water, according to the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office.
Donation accounts created to aid family of Hillsdale deputy killed during traffic stop
HILLSDALE COUNTY, MI – Friends and members of the community have started a GoFundMe and opened a bank account to collect donations for the family of Deputy William Henry Butler Jr. who was killed in the line of duty Thursday. The GoFundMe, organized by Kelly Martin, has so far...
Fire that ravaged 2 Bay City houses under investigation
BAY CITY, MI - A destructive Bay City house fire that spread to another house early Saturday, June 29 is under investigation. The Bay City Department of Public Safety responded around 3:30 a.m. to a house fire on Broadway Street near 36th Street, according to a news release. When crews arrived, they found a “fully involved structure fire” and flames starting to spread to a neighboring structure.
Mackinac Island Ferry Company sold to Florida private equity firm
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - The Hoffmann Family of Companies has bought yet another big Mackinac Island transportation businesses. It announced the purchase today of the Mackinac Island Ferry Company, formerly known as Star Line. With this purchase, the Florida-based private equity firm now owns both passenger ferry companies that service...
Early look at July 4 weather: 3 things we know
An important weather week is coming up. Here is what we know right now. I will say for my part I can’t say exactly what the weather will be for part of Michigan on the Fourth. That part is the southern third of Michigan as an area of thunderstorms will be just south of Michigan with hints the storms could at times be in southern Michigan on the Fourth of July.
No injuries reported in Essexville business structure fire
ESSEXVILLE, MI – A business suffered a massive fire, resulting in 11 fire departments to be dispatched to the scene on Thursday, June 27. MacFarlane Trucking & Excavating, 930 N. Wagner Rd. was fully engulfed in flames around 8:01 p.m., according to the press release on the Hampton Township Public Safety Department, Michigan Facebook page.
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