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Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The City of Grand Haven recently held a town hall last week and learned about what's next for t's next for Harbor Island. The 11-acre island has sat contaminated and largely unused since the J.B. Sims power plant shut down in 2020. Over the past several months, contractors removed coal and coal...

(South Haven, MI) - The South Haven city council will review a 93-page report from consultants on re-launching a lifeguard program on the Lake Michigan beaches next Monday. If the council approves the framework, lifeguards will be on South Beach seven days a week in 2026 and 2027 and expand to North Beach in 2028 and 2...

(Washington, DC) - President Trump has pardoned the 16 Republican electors who were charged for signing a certificate declaring they were the duly elected electors in the 2020 presidential election. Attorney General Dana Nessel says the federal pardon does not apply to the state charges she filed against them. Ingham C...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has directed its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program vendor to once again start issuing full SNAP benefits for November. SNAP recipients who normally get their payments on the ninth day of the month should receive their full payment within the n...

(Undated) - Today is Veterans Day, the day set aside to honor the millions who have worn the United States Armed Forces uniform. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 40 million men and women have served in the military over the course of the nation's history. Today, the total number of living U.S....

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - As the City of Grand Haven wraps up the Fulton Street project next year Columbus street will be on the list says Mayor Bob Monetza. Council approved the budgeted amount of $26,500.00 to Abonmarche to provide Engineering Services for the 2025/2026 Street Resurfacing program. The Fulton Street $...

Grand Haven Twp., MI (WGHN) -No one was hurt in a rollover crash Sunday afternoon in Grand Haven Township. Deputies were called to U.S. 31 near Lake Michigan Drive around 2:45 p.m. and found a Ford Escape overturned in the southbound lanes. Investigators say the Escape had been traveling north when it was hit from behi...

(Detroit, MI) - The Parade Company is working hard to be prepared to hold America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit in less than three weeks. Senior operations director Don Morris says most of the route along Woodward Avenue is a straight shot, but there are parts where they will need to be able to turn and do so saf...

(Detroit, MI) - The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today in Lake Superior, claiming the lives of the 29 crewmen aboard. Their family members gathered at Mariners' Church in Detroit yesterday to commemorate the shipwreck, with the bell ringing 29 times to honor the men who died. The Edmund Fitzgerald was ...

(Washington, DC) - Michigan's U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin both voted against the bill that passed to start reopening the federal government. Peters says he voted against the bill because he can't support "a deal that doesn't take immediate action to prevent Michiganders' health care costs from sky...

OLIVE TOWNSHIP, MI (WGHN) - Two people were injured in a crash that closed 120th Avenue for several hours Friday afternoon just after 2:00 p.m. Deputies with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office say a 37-year-old West Olive woman was headed east on Stanton Street in a GMC Suburban when she failed to stop at the stop sig...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - The number of Michigan residents with credit cards which are delinquent is increasing. That's according to WalletHub, which says credit card delinquency's are up by nearly 27-percent in the state. Michigan is ranked as having the tenth highest rate of credit card delinquency in the country.

(Muskegon County, MI) - A deadly officer involved shooting in Muskegon County is under investigation. Authorities say that early Friday morning, police were called to the Comfort Inn in Whitehall for a wellness check. The person rushed at officers with a box cutter, resulting in officers opening fire. No further detail...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Love in Action of the Tri Cities has canceled their Thanksgiving Feast for this year. Executive Director Josh Bytwerk tells WGHN news that licensing requirements for a chef, despite St. Patrick's Church's generous hosting offer and amazing volunteers. With rising food needs in the area, they ar...

(Romulus, MI) - The ongoing federal government shutdown is likely going to impact flight availability at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. David Fishman is the owner of Cadillac Travel Group and says customers are worried.

(Lansing, MI) -- The conditions of roads and bridges statewide are up for the fourth straight two-year period according to a report from the Transportation Asset Management Council. Of the roads eligible for federal aid in 2024, 28-percent are in good condition, 40-percent are in fair condition, and 32-percent are in p...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says they will pay full SNAP benefits to one-point-four million residents once they receive the federal funding. That follows a federal judge's order yesterday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture fully restore the benefits for November. The DHHS h...

(Frisco, TX) - Texas police say Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland is dead as a result of suicide at age 24. Frisco Police Department say he was found early Thursday morning after a multi-agency search following a car chase. Officers from Plano Police Department responded Wednesday night to a welfare check request...

(Grand Haven Township, MI) - Police say a 40-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital after he crashed hid Jeep in Grand Haven Township Wednesday morning around 9:22 a.m. He hit a tree on Mercury Drive after he didn't stop at the intersection of Mercury and Comstock Street. The Jeep rolled over, and he was thrown out o...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be issued starting Saturday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reduce the payments to 50-percent of normal for one-point-four-million Michiganders who are eligible for the fede...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN)- After 17 years of service, Bluebird Cancer Retreats announces the upcoming retirement of Executive Director, Renee Denslow. Since joining Bluebird in 2008, Renee has been the face, heart, and guiding force behind their mission to enhance the lives of those experiencing cancer. Under her thought...

(Lansing, MI) - Bipartisan bills are under consideration by the state House to increase the penalty for drivers who hit and injure pedestrians or bicyclists. The bills would make that a five-year felony also punishable by a five-thousand-dollar fine. If a pedestrian or bicyclist is killed, the penalty would be ten-year...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Grand Haven residents voted Tuesday to support a millage request from the city's Department of Public Safety to upgrade its Washington Avenue headquarters. The proposal passed with 1,835 yes votes (58.44%) to 1,305 no votes (41.56%). The approved 2-mill levy will be collected over 10 years and ...

(Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Sarah Kallio and Erin Lyon have won seats on the Grand Haven City Council in Tuesday's general election, finishing ahead of Dennis Scott. Kallio received 2,055 votes (38.11%), while Lyon earned 1,993 votes (36.96%). Scott received 1,344 votes (24.93%). In the mayoral race, incumbent Bob Monetz...

(Kalamazoo, MI) -- Mayoral elections in Kalamazoo, Portage, Muskegon, Holland, and South Haven resulted in another term for the mayors of each city. Muskegon voters have reelected Mayor Ken Johnson. Johnson won (62.8%) to challenger Bob Garretson's(37.2%), according to the Muskegon County Clerk's Office. However, North...

(St. Ignace, MI) - One person has jumped to their death from the Mackinac Bridge. A Mackinac County Sheriff's Office spokesperson says it happened around 1:10 p.m. yesterday. Jumps from the bridge connecting Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas are rare, and the last time it happened was on New Year's Eve in 2012 when...

(Lansing, MI) -- A Michigan House committee has taken testimony from three people who are seeking to reverse the effects of gender-affirming care they received. The House Oversight Child Welfare System Subcommittee also heard from a woman that conservative activists hail as a whistleblower against healthcare providers ...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - It's Election Day in Ottawa County. Polls are open from seven this morning until eight tonight. In Grand Haven, Mayor Bob Monetza is running unopposed - so he'll stay in office for another two years. Current councilmembers Karen Lowe and Kevin McLaughlin aren't running again. And there's an ope...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The City of Grand Haven has approved a new deer management plan. The plan allows for an annual cull - up to 40 percent of the deer population, or no more than 50 deer a year - based on state DNR guidance and permits. Mayor Bob Monetza: A study earlier this year found more than a hundred deer li...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the U.S. Department of Agriculture providing just partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding for November "will not be enough." Nessel says she is "gravely concerned" over a delayed, partial SNAP payment. She says over a milli...