State of Michigan Announces Educational Recycling Campaign
The state of Michigan is launching a $2 million educational campaign to boost the state’s low recycling rate. The “Know It Before You Throw It” initiative was announced Monday. Officials say the goal is...
Missing Flushing Woman Found Alive
A Flushing woman who had been missing since late last weekend has been found alive. The Roscommon County sheriff’s office says Lisa Ann Bohnsack-Phillips was found early Thursday morning in Higgins Lake. No one...
Two Men Arrested For Stealing Credit Cards At Wayside Central
Two downstate men are in jail for stealing cell phones and credit cards from pockets, purses and coats at Wayside Central in Mt Pleasant. Police say the men would steal the cards and take...
Wahlburgers Restaurant Opens In Flint
Actor Mark Wahlberg and chef Paul Wahlberg were in attendance for the grand opening of Wahlburgers at the Genesee Valley Center in Flint Township. Mark said. “It’s good hard working people. We wanted to...
Michigan Offering Free Help For Smokers Trying To Quit
Michigan residents trying to kick a cigarette habit can get free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges from the state thru September 30th.
Extra Mosquitoes Expected In Michigan This Year
Break out the Deep Woods Off…experts say we can expect extra mosquitoes this year. They will be worse this year because of the wet spring we saw and the warm summer expected. Mosquitoes love...
New Dow Industrial Park Opens
The new Dow Michigan Operations I-Park gatehouse was officially opened after a ribbon cutting Friday. The gatehouse is the entrance to the 2,600-acres that contain six manufacturing companies -- Cabot Corp., Corteva, Dow, DuPont,...
West Nile Virus Detected In Michigan
Michigan health officials are warning residents to get out the bug spray after recent tests detected West Nile virus in three different areas of the state. Mosquitoes collected in Saginaw and Oakland counties, as well as a Canada goose...
Western Michigan Man Sentenced For Threat To Sen. Cory Booker
A western Michigan man has been sentenced to 15 months after pleading guilty to making a threatening phone call last October to presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. 52-year-old Rick Simmons of...
Local Utility Worker Returns Money Found On The Job
A Midland utilities worker found $1200 in an envelope while doing roadwork and instead of keeping it, he handed it over to Midland police. Matt Knopp said he was brought up to do the...