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Study Says Michigan Believes Its Teachers Are Woefully Underpaid
Many people agree that teachers are one of the most underpaid positions in the entire workforce. Oftentimes they work well over 40 hours, pay out of pocket for classroom supplies, and handle 15-25 children per day. If you know a teacher, you know it's exhaustive work. Unfortunately, in most situations,...
Benton Harbor police department welcomes new police dog
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - The Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety is welcoming its first police dog since 2014!. Meet Endo! The Belgian Malinois turns 2 next week. K-9 Officer Trevor Wortman tells our reporting partners at The Herald Palladium that he has already proven his worth. Wortman said...
Judicial assistant pleads guilty to embezzling more than $60K from Michigan judge
A Detroit man who served as a judicial assistant pleaded guilty this week to charges related to the embezzlement of more than $60,000 from the judge he worked for. Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office announced the plea agreement Tuesday between her office and 43-year-old Steven Allen. Per the agreement,...
A Ranch Dressing Spill Causes The Most Michigan Road Closure Possible
If there's one thing Michiganders love, it's ranch dressing. Some people put that special condiment on everything. Salad, pizza, chicken wings, french fries, heck, I bet people would go swimming in the stuff if they had the chance. Ranch is one of the food's best friends. Apparently, asphalt and Ranch have begun speaking too. Confused? I bet.
Study Says Michigan Believes Its Teachers Are Woefully Underpaid
Many people agree that teachers are one of the most underpaid positions in the entire workforce. Oftentimes they work well over 40 hours, pay out of pocket for classroom supplies, and handle 15-25 children per day. If you know a teacher, you know it's exhaustive work. Unfortunately, in most situations,...
Michigan’s weekend weather: Way different from last weekend
Do you remember last weekend’s weather? Well forget about it because this weekend will be nothing like it. We are in store for a warm Saturday afternoon and an almost hot Sunday afternoon. I do want you to know it will be fairly dry air this weekend, causing the overnight temperatures to really cool off. We will wake up to a touch of cool very early both weekend days. By 10 a.m each morning the sun will have blasted away the chill. Temperatures should be at least 70 degrees by 10 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
Farm's future secured by sons
GREENLEAF, Wis. – Brothers Mike and Tom Gerrits were worried that Country Aire Farms, their family’s 101-year-old dairy farm near Greenleaf, wouldn’t be passed down to a fourth generation. Their two eldest sons had walked away from the farm to enroll in college. Matt Gerrits pursued a career as a pharmacist; Nick Gerrits pursued a career as a certified public accountant. But that changed for each of them after they experienced life outside the dairy.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM: A WIN FOR STUDENTS AND LOCAL AGRICULTURE
Wow, how times have changed! Remember the days when your parents would have to give you money daily so you could buy a school lunch? It looks like those days are over for all Michigan elementary, middle and high school students. Earlier this year, Govenor Gretchen Whitmer was able to...
How A Criminal Enterprise Stole $800,000 From Meijer Stores
Retail criminals have gotten better at getting away with their crimes. A group in Michigan targeted Meijer and was able to scam them out of almost $1,000,000. Meijer has suffered over $800,000 in losses due to an organized retail crime scheme that has persisted for several years in Michigan. Court...
Are Michigan Schools Ready to Adopt a Four-Day Week?
Is your family ready to embrace a four-day school week? Although it's a fairly new concept, two school districts in Northern Michigan have already adopted it. According to the Associated Press, there are roughly 13,000 school districts in the United States. Two decades ago, there were only about 100 school districts in the US observing a four-day week. That number grew to 662 in 2019 and currently stands at close to 900 districts nationwide.
Study Says Michigan Believes Its Teachers Are Woefully Underpaid
Many people agree that teachers are one of the most underpaid positions in the entire workforce. Oftentimes they work well over 40 hours, pay out of pocket for classroom supplies, and handle 15-25 children per day. If you know a teacher, you know it's exhaustive work. Unfortunately, in most situations,...
'Things are going fantastic': Michigan Senate Majority Leader Brinks gives thoughts on DNC
CHICAGO, Ill. — Thursday marks the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and several Michigan Democrats are in attendance. One of them is Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D - Grand Rapids), who has said she is happy with how the convention has gone so far.
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