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Biologists race to save rare Michigan butterflies from the brink of extinction
Standing next to a converted hoop house in one of the back areas of John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, David Pavlik points to a line of small cloth-covered cages filled with yellow black-eyed Susan flowers and small orange butterflies. “These cages out here are females that have already bred...
Hershburger wins Dairy Show Grand Champion Holstein
Wyatt Hershburger won the Cass County Fair Dairy Show Grand Championship for Holsteins Monday, while Makenzie Yordy was the Reserved Grand Champion. The post Hershburger wins Dairy Show Grand Champion Holstein appeared first on Leader Publications.
Cass County Fair open for summer 2024
CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (WNDU) - Fair season is in full swing, and this week it’s Cass County’s turn!. The fair officially opened over the weekend, and it runs until Aug. 3. Doors open at 8 a.m. every day and close at 10 p.m. General admission is $7 for adults,...
South Bend man charged in deadly 2023 shooting in River Park
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly shooting of another man in South Bend’s River Park neighborhood a year and a half ago. 34-year-old Christopher Brown is charged with one count of murder and one count of conspiracy to...
Video shows hundreds of shots fired in South Bend neighborhood, police ask for public help
SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Police Department released a video Monday afternoon from Sunday morning’s shooting on East Bissell Street and increased the victim count to four persons shot and wounded from three and the number of rounds fired from 100 to more than 200. In addition to 21 seconds of surveillance...
South Haven lifts boil water advisory after samples test negative for bacteria
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — A boil water advisory issued for South Haven has been lifted, according to city officials. City officials were notified of a water leak on Kalamazoo Street after a drilling company struck a water main on Friday. Previous coverage: South Haven issues boil water advisory after...
Michigan Supreme Court decision will likely strike hundreds from sex-offender registry
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s policy of putting people on a sex-offender registry even if their crime was nonsexual is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court said Monday. In a 5-2 decision, the court said a portion of a 2021 law is “cruel or unusual punishment” barred by the Michigan Constitution. A Wayne County man in 2015 […]
Michigan has fix in place after brief outage in early-voter check-in system
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.An overloaded server briefly brought Michigan’s voter check-in system to a crawl Saturday morning, a hiccup on the first day of early in-person voting in the state primary that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says she is “confident” won’t happen again.The error was the result of other applications running on the same server that also hosted the state’s early voting electronic poll books, Benson said during a news conference Monday. When voting started, those hundreds of poll...
Northern Lights possible across most of Michigan this week
(CBS DETROIT) - Residents across Michigan have a chance to see the Northern Lights this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a strong geomagnetic storm watch from July 29 through 31 due to an increased number of coronal mass ejections, which are eruptions of solar material. Where will the Northern Lights be visible in Michigan?In Michigan, the viewing line for the Northern Lights forecast for tonight appears to reach part of Metro Detroit, while the forecast for tomorrow brings the viewing line further south, covering all of Michigan. Forecasters say solar activity was elevated over the...
Here’s who is running in Michigan’s 96th House District race
BAY CITY, MI – The Republican incumbent for the representative of Michigan’s 96h District is being challenged in the August primary, while a Democrat is running unopposed and will face the winner in the November general election. Timothy Beson, R-Bay City, will match up against challenger Chaz Fowler...
Another Michigan Democrat cited as ‘dark horse’ VP candidate for Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON D.C. — A new Michigan Democrat has emerged as a “dark horse” candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris’ search for a running mate in her bid for the presidency. U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, of Bloomfield Township, was the subject of an Axios report this week...
Rite Aid closing 10 more stores in Ohio as total nears 150: Here are the latest locations to shutter
CLEVELAND — The rash of Rite Aid closings in Ohio is continuing. As the pharmacy chain continues to battle its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it is also closing more and more stores in the Buckeye State. According to documents filed on July 22 and July 26 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 40 additional stores will be shuttered in Ohio and Michigan. Ten of the 40 locations closing are in Ohio.
How one state's 'fair and reasonable' reforms allow car insurers to charge more in Black neighborhoods
Alana, a retired preschool teacher on a fixed income, gave up driving because of how expensive it was to insure her car. Insurance, she recalled, cost more than her monthly auto payments. "I've turned down at least three good-paying jobs because I couldn't get there," she said. "I was so hurt. I went into a deep depression after that."
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