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Allendale Twp, MI (WGHN) - Police are asking for help finding a suspicious man seen around several apartment buildings in Allendale Township. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says residents in the area of Pierce Street and 48th Avenue reported seeing a man peeking into their windows late at night. Those reports came ...
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(Detroit, MI) - A deciding Game Five of the American League Division Series will be played tomorrow night in Seattle. The Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners yesterday at Comerica Park, 9-to-3, to even the series at two-wins each. Javy Baez sparked the Tigers' offense with a two-run home run in the four-run sixth ...
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(Harrison Township, MI) - Harrison Township-based Holistic Research Group Incorporated is filing the second lawsuit challenging a new 24-percent wholesale tax on marijuana. Their suit, like what was filed by the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association on Tuesday, says the law is a violation of the state constitution. It...
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(Washington, DC) - Michigan's two U.S. Senators, Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, have introduced bipartisan legislation seeking to improve security at house of worship. The bill follows a shooting and arson at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township that resulted in five people, includin...
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Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - During a special work session Monday night, City Council heard a proposal to make Central Park Place the museum's future home. Founder Rachel Dody says the goal is to engage children through hands-on learning experiences that spark imagination and creativity. The museum plans to lease about 13,...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 08, 2025 53 views
(Grand Blanc Township, MI) -- Grand Blanc Township residents turned out by the hundreds for a vigil last night at the high school football stadium to honor the victims of the LDS church attack that killed four people and injured eight. Superintendent of Grand Blanc Community Schools Dr. Trevor Alward was among the sp...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 08, 2025 19 views Ben Townsend / CC
(Lansing, MI) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is joining 22 other attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case over an individual's right to sue to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act. They ask the justices to look at a lower court's decision in a case that they say would prevent peopl...
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(Lansing, MI) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The 81-billion-dollar spending plan was approved by lawmakers last week after months of negotiations between the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate. Whitmer says the budget is balanced, bipartisan, cuts taxes for...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 08, 2025 7 views EpicTop10.com / CC
(Muskegon, MI) - A second measles case in Muskegon County has been confirmed by health officials. It is the state's 28th measles case so far this year. Anyone who was at Trinity Health Urgent Care on Sherman Boulevard last Thursday between 3:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. may have been exposed and is being urged to monitor themsel...
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(Newaygo County, MI) - A woman is dead after a crash involving a school bus in Newaygo County. The incident happened Monday evening at the intersection of East 8th Street and South Oak Avenue in Everett Township, when a vehicle being driven by a 25-year-old woman ran a stop sign and struck a school bus. The woman, who ...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 31 views Miguel Mendoza 😛 / CC
(Holland Township, MI) - A man is being sentenced after his boat and trailer struck and killed a woman in Holland Township. The incident happened in July of 2024, when a boat and trailer broke free from a vehicle being driven by 45-year-old Alejandro Chavez on Quincy Street. The boat and trailer then struck and killed ...
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(Muskegon, MI) - After nearly four-decades of work, Muskegon Lake is no longer designated as an "Area of Concern." The lake was given the designation in 1987 after it was heavily harmed due to the public using the lake as a dumping ground. Volunteers have worked tirelessly to restore 84 acres of wetlands and ...
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(Oceana County, MI) - Michigan State Police are asking for the public's help with finding a missing Oceana County teen. Police say that early Sunday morning, 16-year-old Toriann Shirey was last seen on Hammett Road in Crystal Township. Police have not provided a description of the clothing Shirey was last seen wearing,...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 45 views
Ottawa County, MI (WGHN ) - Former Ottawa County Commissioner Chris Kleinjans has announced in a video he will seek the Democratic nomination in the 31st Senate District. Senate Minority Whip Roger Victory of Hudsonville currently holds that seat but is term-limited. From Ottawa News Network: "I'm doing this becau...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 11 views
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The Loutit District Library celebrates the right to read every year, coinciding with the American Library Association's Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025). The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is "Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights". Discover new perspectives and celebra...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 16 views
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The federal government remains shut down with today marking one full week, making it the fourth-longest shutdown in the nation's history. Essential federal workers continue to show up but aren't being paid, including one-point-three-million active duty troops now slated to miss their first payc...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 62 views
(Detroit, MI) - Comerica Park has been the name for the home of the Detroit Tigers since it opened in 2000, but the sale of Comerica Bank might cause a change. Fifth Third Bank purchased Comerica yesterday for ten-point-nine-billion-dollars in an all-stock deal. Comerica Bank will rebrand by late 2026 or early 2027 as ...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 25 views Joseph Novak / CC
(Lansing, MI) - The Fiscal Year 2026 state budget is still waiting for Governor Gretchen Whitmer's signature. Lawmakers approved the roughly 80-billion-dollar spending package last week along with a one-week extension of the 2025 budget, which expires Wednesday. The new budget includes one-billion-dollars for road repa...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 18 views EpicTop10.com / CC
(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Republican Party's cannabis caucus says the 24-percent wholesale tax on products will "gang rape the industry." The quote is from chairman George Brikho, a former U.S. House candidate, who says the tax will "squeeze small business, result in fewer jobs and generate less money...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 07, 2025 6 views Elsa Olofsson / CC
CINCINNATI - Fifth Third Bank is making a major move, announcing plans to acquire Comerica in an all-stock deal valued at $10.9 billion. The two lenders said Monday the merger would create the nation's ninth-largest bank, with about $288 billion in assets once the deal closes - expected in early 2026. Several media out...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 06, 2025 58 views Steven Depolo / CC
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Grand Haven City Council meets tonight. A work session at 7 with a presentation Rachel Dody with the Grand Haven Children's Museum. The City has received a formal proposal from the Grand Haven Children's Museum to utilize a portion of Central Park Place for the development and operation of a de...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 06, 2025 55 views
(Lansing, MI) - The new state budget cuts 18-hundred full-time jobs, but Governor Gretchen Whitmer says no layoffs will happen. Most of the job cuts are from Michigan State Police, the Michigan Department of Corrections, and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Whitmer says state government will be a littl...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 06, 2025 42 views EpicTop10.com / CC
(Allendale Township, MI) - An ATV crash Saturday night in Allendale Township has killed a 43-year-old Grand Rapids man and injured a 22-year-old Muskegon Heights man. The two were on the vehicle going northeast on South Cedar Drive when the 43-year-old didn't handle the turn onto 90th Avenue, left the road, and overtur...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 06, 2025 65 views Miguel Mendoza 😛 / CC
(Dearborn, MI) - It is a little more expensive to fill the gas tank than last week in Michigan. Triple-A Michigan says the average price of a gallon of gas is up six-cents to three-dollars-nine-cents, which is 13-cents less than last month and 27-cents less than last year. Ann Arbor and Benton Harbor have the state's m...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 06, 2025 5 views Jernej Furman / CC
(Grand Rapids, MI) - Drought conditions are continuing to linger across West Michigan. The U.S. Drought Monitor currently shows all of West Michigan under some type of drought condition. Severe drought conditions are found in Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon, Ottawa, and Mecosta counties. This comes after portions of the regi...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 03, 2025 36 views nemar74 / Depositphotos.com
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The 5th Annual Chow Down Centertown is back on Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM on 7th Street in Centertown. This community-favorite event brings together the best of flavor and flair with a full lineup of food trucks, clothing and vintage clothing vendors, and live music thr...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 03, 2025 113 views
(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Senate early this morning voted to approve the 51-point-eight-billion-dollar omnibus budget, sending it to Governor Whitmer for her signature. The school aid budget is still awaiting a Senate vote and will brin...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 03, 2025 18 views Got Credit / CC
Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - Ottawa County Emergency Management and the Local Emergency Planning Committee will conduct a countywide Shelter in Place Exercise in conjunction with the final outdoor warning siren test of the year at noon today. Why We're Doing This The purpose of this exercise is to: Remind residents that ...
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 03, 2025 29 views Michaela Pereckas / CC
(Grand Blanc Township, MI) -- Police in Grand Blanc Township will release bodycam video footage today of the attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The footage is expected to be released around noon. Forty-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton drove his pickup truck into the front of the church, o...
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(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan House and Senate are both expecting to vote today on the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget. They passed a one-week extension of the 2025 budget earlier this week. House Democratic Leader Ranjeev Puri of Canton Township says the budget process this year was "a disaster."
Mary Ellen Murphy Oct 02, 2025 26 views EpicTop10.com / CC
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