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In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies
PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican election officials are outcasts in their rural communities. Michigan cities already were familiar with the consequences of election conspiracy theories. In 2020, Republicans flooded Detroit’s ballot counting center looking for fraud. Democratic and Republican election officials faced an onslaught of threats. […]
Lifesaving doula services expanding for Michigan moms with help of Medicaid
Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by Email. Every expectant parent should have access to a doula, Michigan’s maternal care experts say. But the parents who need those childbirth companions the most have historically had the least access. It’s the sort of service...
As medical marijuana shrinks, Michigan mulls ‘clean merge’ with recreational
Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by Email. Al Williams opened DaCut dispensaries in Detroit and Flint to exclusively serve medical marijuana patients — his only legal option at the time. But last year, his company expanded to become the first in Detroit...
Snowpocalypse: These 20 Michigan Towns Experience The Worst Snowfall
Being in Michigan, you might as well have the snow boots and winter jacket at the handy. It may be 80 one minute but 10 degrees the next, in ten inches of snow... Maybe summer isn't all that bad now. Michigan & It's Snow. On average, Michigan gets about 60.66...
Michigan U.S. Senate candidates clash on EVs in labor policy visions
(The Center Square) – Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidates are running on their records regarding labor and economic policy, but they are opposed on the role of electric vehicles. Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s approach to labor policy focuses primarily on supporting domestic manufacturing. Her campaign page says she is focused on “creating jobs with dignity, bringing our supply chains back to America, and protecting the rights of workers.” In Congress, Slotkin...
For Michigan teens in mental health crisis, music therapy can strike a chord
Michigan teen mental health issues spiked in pandemic and remains a crisis. Practitioners say music therapy helps teens identify, verbalize, and study their emotions. National shortage of adolescent mental health professionals created 'staggering' gap in treatment options. This article is part of a solutions-focused reporting series of Southwest Michigan Journalism...
‘Welcome to Kamala-zoo’: Both parties see new political enthusiasm in Southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Presidential lawn signs have taken on a local twist in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo County leaders from both parties say there’s a renewed local interest in the race. They’ve been making connections with voters, who are seeking out yard signs and other merchandise. Some new Democratic signs,...
Plane Crash Victim Found In Michigan Lake After Disappearing 17 Years Ago
A family got some clousre after a loved one went missing over 17 years ago. In August 2007, a Socata TB-20 Trinidad plane crashed in Lake Huron, carrying 52-year-old pilot Karen Dodds and her fiancé, 56-year-old H. Brooke Stauffer Jr. The plane left from Mackinac Island, bound for Bad...
Michigan family of killed Israeli-American hostage calls for action
(CBS DETROIT) — Protests broke out across Israel on Sunday after the bodies of six more hostages were recovered. The country's military said they were killed by Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli military said the six hostages were killed just before rescue attempts were to be made. One of those killed was an Israeli-American, Hersh Goldberg-Polin."I'd like to say I'm surprised, I'm not. I'm more numb than surprised," said Mort Meisner, a cousin to Goldberg-Polin and a Michigan resident. He said his cousin was captured in the Oct. 7 attack at a music festival that ignited the war. The 23-year-old lost part of...
DNR: 'Best year ever' for Michigan's campsites amid Labor Day weekend
AUGUSTA, Mich. — This Labor Day weekend, Michigan was on track to break the record previously set in 2021 for occupied campsites. According to data from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, almost 95% of sites statewide are occupied for the holiday, including Augusta's Fort Custer Recreation Area. Police:Muskegon...
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