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48+ min ago (60+ words) TREACHEROUS TRAVEL: Road conditions are quickly deteriorating along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Tracker Brandon Copic recorded video of near-whiteout conditions on Wednesday afternoon. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL: Road conditions are quickly deteriorating along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Tracker Brandon Copic recorded video of near-whiteout conditions on Wednesday afternoon....

6+ hour, 2+ min ago (51+ words) Tom Hanks reveals how he strategically made sure he'd be off-camera for a scene in "A League of Their Own" that he knew would film for days Sanders was asked Wednesday about a lot more than just the ... Grand Rapids bar Gimmie's Par and Grill expects big Wednesday night...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago (336+ words) KALAMAZOO, MI " Closure of the Michigan News Agency has left a hole in the Kalamazoo community since owner Dean Hauck died at age 85 in February. Property owner Kalamazoo Forward Ventures (KzFV), a Black-founded investment fund, purchased the building at 308 W. Michigan Ave. and everything in it for $515,000 in July, per public records. The new owners planned three days for the shuttered storefront to reopen, selling off items for 50%. The first was Nov. 22 after the downtown holiday parade. There's plenty of merchandise left to sell on Friday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Amy Bartell was among the customers last weekend, experiencing the beloved bookstore one more time. "I only bought two books," she said. "But it just smells like forever, like Kalamazoo." KzFV plans to add a mural to the east exterior wall of the business soon, said General Partner Eric…...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago (240+ words) GRAND RAPIDS, MI " The Burger King at 2204 Plainfield Ave. NE has reopened after temporarily shutting down in late 2024. The Plainfield Avenue restaurant was just one of several West Michigan locations that closed in 2024. During the summer, however, the restaurant began to show signs of life once again, with contractors seen working on the interior and a sign out front inviting people to apply for jobs at carrols.com. A manager at the Plainfield restaurant recently confirmed to MLive/the Grand Rapids Press that the location recently reopened and is owned by Carrols Corporation but declined to give further information. Based in Syracuse, N.Y., Carrols Corporation operates over 1,000 Burger King locations, according to its website. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment at the time of publishing about the reopening or the status of others. Burger King has been…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago (231+ words) WYOMING, MI "United Parcel Service is cutting 67 jobs at its facility at 5757 Clyde Park Ave. SW in Wyoming early next year. Company spokesperson Karen Tomaszewski Hill said the layoffs target part-time employees who work in daytime package sorting at the facility. The layoffs are expected to occur by Jan. 20, 2026, when UPS will end daytime sorting at the facility. "Our employees are extremely important to us, and we understand the impact this may have on them and their families," she said. "We are working to place as many employees as possible in other positions. We will work with those who may be impacted throughout the process to provide support." She said the total number of employees who work at the Clyde Park facility was not available. The layoffs were outlined in a state filing by UPS. In a statement, Tomaszewski Hill…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago (250+ words) COMSTOCK PARK, MI - A spectacular light show is returning to the LMCU Ballpark, just off U.S. 131, this week. Twenty-eight years ago, veteran Bill Schrader launched the annual Christmas Lite Show. Since then, it's grown to bring in 50,000 visitors each year. Today, the event is a family business, known as the largest light show display in West Michigan. Schrader has had one goal: to bring a smile to the kids. "It's all about the kids," he stated. The Christmas Lite Show's team, consisting mostly of veterans, has grown to over 30 members who now manage generators, gas cans, mile-long extension cords to transformers, power boxes and eight trailers full of lights. However, last year, the event was delayed. Just before opening day, a vandal cut electrical cords to thousands of lights. But it didn't slow the team down. This year's show theme is…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago (173+ words) BENTON HARBOR, MI " A plane flipped upside down and crashed in Southwest Michigan, police said. Around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, police responded to a report of an aircraft crash at the Southwest Michigan Regional Airport. Police found a small single-engine "bush style" plane upside down with both occupants already out of the aircraft, the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety said in a news release. Firefighters and police foamed the plane's damaged wings and contained the fuel tanks. An ambulance took one patient to the hospital with head lacerations. The Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety responded along with the Benton Charter Township Fire Department, St. Joseph Department of Public Safety and Medic 1 Ambulance. Officials did not provide additional information about the crash. MLive has reached out to fire officials for more information. While on the scene of the incident, a second…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago (42+ words) Joel Klatt broke down if the Michigan Wolverines should be ranked higher than No. 15 in the college football playoff rankings. Joel Klatt broke down if the Michigan Wolverines should be ranked higher than No. 15 in the college football playoff rankings....

13+ hour, 12+ min ago (276+ words) WEXFORD COUNTY, MI " The fianc" and sister of a missing pregnant woman were arrested after a body was found Tuesday, 9&10 News reports. It is not clear what charges the fianc" and sister were arrested on. It is also unclear whether their arrests are connected with the missing person's case. 9&10 reports that they could be arraigned today or later this week. RELATED: Police update missing pregnant woman case after body found in Manistee National Forest During a news conference Tuesday night, Sheriff Trent Taylor would not answer whether the clothing on the deceased matched what Park was wearing when she disappeared. Taylor had no comment on whether investigators believed the body had been moved. He also would not say how long this person appeared to have been deceased. This area had been searched before, he said. Previous searches of the area…...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago (442+ words) The overall coming weather scenario hasn't changed much overnight. There have been a few tweaks to the snowfall forecast. These tweaks have increased the snow expectation for a couple of areas. Here's the total snowfall forecast for Lower Michigan from today through Friday morning. This snow event should be essentially over by sunrise Friday. This will be a pure lake-effect snow. The snowbelts of northwest Lower Michigan and southwest Lower Michigan will get the heaviest snow, but all of Lower Michigan should have at least an inch of snow. Here are the changes from yesterday's thinking: For southeast Lower, the main oddity with this lake-effect snow event is the strong wind carrying two lake-effect snow bands farther east than usual. One band of snow is expected to stretch from Lake Superior to Lake Michigan to across Saginaw Bay. This is…...