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Grand Finale to move into Jumpin' Java's space on Washington
GRAND HAVEN, MI - After more than two decades as a community staple, Jumpin' Java will serve its last cup of coffee on Sept. 30, 2025. Owner Erin Lyon, who has run the café at 215 Washington Ave. for nearly a decade, announced the closure this week on social media. "This isn't goodbye, it's a heartfelt than...
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West Michigan Drought Worst Since 2012
(Grand Rapids, MI) - From Holland to the Muskegon County line and east to Grand Rapids, the summer's drought is the most significant since 2012. The U.S. Drought Monitor says that part of the area is in the "severe drought" category. Holland is over ten-inches behind normal for rainfall so far this year, with...
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Corewell Health West Says ER Doctors Are Not Giving Anesthesia
(Grand Rapids, MI) - Officials at Corewell Health West are denying a claim that emergency room doctors and intensive care doctors are giving anesthesia. The claim was made by the Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists, who say Corewell has removed anesthesiologists from surgery. MSA president-elect Dr. Matt Dellaquila s...
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Unemployment Rate Drops In August
(Lansing, MI) - The state's unemployment rate for August fell a tenth-of-a-percent to five-point-two-percent. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget says jobs declined by seven-thousand and the number of unemployed people dropped by six-thousand. The national jobless rate increase one-tenth of a ...
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As swim buoys at state parks are removed, swim area designation expires
Lansing, MI (WGHN) - As the weather cools and the days shorten, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources continues the process of removing swim buoys and the Great Lakes flag system from many state park beaches. Once buoys are removed - a process that always starts after Labor Day - the area is no longer considered...
Sep 18, 2025

Vice President Vance Offers To Send National Guard To Detroit
(Howell, MI) - Vice President JD Vance is offering to send the National Guard to Detroit to crack down on violent crime. He made the offer to Governor Gretchen Whitmer during a speech in Howell yesterday.
Sep 18, 2025
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Report: New A.I. Tool Can Predict Diseases
(Heidelberg, Germany) - There's a new A.I. tool that can reportedly predict a person's risk of over a thousand diseases. Details published in the journal "Nature" show the generative A.I. tool called the Delphi-2M was developed by a team of scientists using algorithms similar to those used in A.I. language mo...
Sep 18, 2025
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