In today's newsletter, state investigates if crop duster sprayed workers with dangerous pesticides, Tom Izzo ‘not stupid’ in need to add transfers at Michigan State and a Michigan forest is home to 6 lighthouses, making it one of a kind in the nation. |
Diving into some of Michigan's local eats |
The latest from our Best Local Eats series has been served. Here are the businesses we covered in or near Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Bay City, Flint, Jackson, Muskegon and Saugatuck. To see more, visit this page. Speaking of food, Hajime Sato of Sozai Restaurant in Clawson in Metro Detroit took home the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH). He was the first sushi chef in the history of James Beard to win a Regional Best Chef award. |
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Miss Sunset Coast Lacy Jewell and Miss Shoreline Riana Hardyniec pose for pictures on swings as part of a Miss Michigan competition welcome party at The Deck, a restaurant and bar on Lake Michigan, in Muskegon on Monday, June 10, 2024. (Cory Morse | MLive.com) |
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| ‘Excessive heat’ already being highlighted in extended forecast |
Be prepared: NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has placed the southern two-thirds of Lower Michigan in an area of a slight risk of excessive heat next week. The more certain risk of excessive heat is just south of Michigan in Indiana and Ohio. Good timing: The National Weather Service released to the public in May its new HeatRisk product to identify potential health risks associated with excessive heat. It could get stormy as well: The weather pattern developing over the next two weeks is the type of pattern that produces significant severe thunderstorm complexes in the Great Lakes region. |
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State investigates if crop duster sprayed workers with dangerous pesticides |
Getting involved: The state is investigating after seven construction workers installing solar panels last August reported being poisoned by pesticides from a crop duster spraying a nearby field. The workers were building a solar farm with contractor Barton Malow in Union Township north of Coldwater, on Aug. 3, 2023 when chemicals drifted over from a crop duster spraying an “unknown farm,” according to a pesticide complaint form obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. DTE Energy confirmed the men were working on its 1,100-acre solar farm. More from Rose White:Michigan workers who believe they were wrongly asked to pay back their pandemic unemployment benefits can now file a claim to join a class action lawsuit settlement. |
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Report: $800K donation from Peter Meijer’s father ‘raises curtain on dark money’ |
What to know: A new report by The Hill is spotlighting an $800,000 donation from Hank Meijer, the billionaire father of former Republican U.S. Rep Peter Meijer, to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce days after it endorsed his son in the 2022 primary election. On-screen: One of the most-watched new TV programs on Netflix this week centers on two Michigan-raised sisters whose social media-influencing fame took a dark turn when an alleged cult leader entered the picture. A case no longer cold: Erma Shaw never stopped looking for the man who raped her as a child: her stepfather, Tommie Lee Hill, who escaped authorities and a 20-year prison sentence in the late 1970s. Last month, she finally learned what happened to her attacker. |
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Tom Izzo ‘not stupid’ in need to add transfers at Michigan State |
Tom Izzo’s goal remains unchanged in three decades in charge at Michigan State – put together a team that can win a national championship. The quest for a second title continues and Michigan State’s Hall of Fame coach turned to the portal this offseason for help with a pair of additions. According to NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions—along with the Washington Commanders, Green Bay Packers, and Baltimore Ravens—have requested to host Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates for visits. In high school sports: As the Michigan high school softball tournament wraps up quarterfinals, check out the brackets for all four divisions. |
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This Michigan forest is home to 6 lighthouses, making it one of a kind in nation |
Did you know? The sprawling Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the only national forest in the U.S. to contain historic lighthouses, according to the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. New look: Michigan’s most remote state park has unveiled one of its newly upgraded amenities - Craig Lake State Park’s large cabin, now known as “The Lodge,” has been “redone from top to bottom,” officials announced. Bear watch: Three recent black bear sightings in mid-Michigan have grabbed the attention of some residents, inciting memes on social media, rumors about bears roaming the city of Saginaw and shock that the animals are in the area at all. Could mid-Michigan sightings be the new normal? |
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