In today's newsletter, Canadian wildfire smoke spreading, Lions season tickets sell out for second straight season and medieval magic returns to Michigan. |
What's the weather like this week? |
Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa says the weather this week might surprise you, in a good way! There are some bouts of rain to dodge this week, but not as much and as often as you may think. Today, southern Michigan will develop scattered clumps of thundershowers. Northern Michigan should remain dry. The next widespread rain from a storm system will likely be Friday. This leaves Wednesday and Thursday with dry weather. We will also have many more dry hours than wet hours. In fact many spots will stay entirely dry until Friday. So don’t go into this week thinking it’s an all-out rain, total washout week. |
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Runners participate in the 47th Amway River Bank Run in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com) |
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Grocery store squatter’s ordeal highlights larger housing issues, expert says |
Talking about it: The viral conversation generated by a woman discovered living in a supermarket sign in Midland provides an opportunity to shed a public light on larger issues surrounding housing challenges in the region, said an expert on the matter. “I hope people are going to look at this story and not just make this poor woman into a meme,” said Saralyn Temple, an executive director of a Midland organization that provides shelter and resources to the homeless. Related: Despite millions of dollars funneled into homelessness programs, a total of 635 people in Kalamazoo County, including 123 kids, were counted as homeless during the 2023 annual place-in-time survey. Known by some as “tent cities,” Kalamazoo’s giant homeless encampments that hit their peak in 2021 are now gone. Kalamazoo’s homelessness problem remains a puzzle — one that’s slipped into the shadows. |
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Michigan Supreme Court allows third-party retaliation lawsuit following claims against MDOC |
The latest: Michigan’s highest court last week issued a ruling allowing the furtherance of a lawsuit that alleges three people were discriminated against as a form of indirect retaliation in the workplace. The Michigan Supreme Court’s 7-0 ruling reversed a prior opinion by the state Court of Appeals in a lawsuit claiming the Michigan Department of Corrections fired Richard Miller and Brent Whitman because the MDOC wanted to retaliate against them. Business news: A Michigan solar company announced it has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy so it can reorganize its debts and provide meaningful payments to its creditors. Orbit Marketing, LLC, which does business as Climax Solar, announced in a news release it’s in this position because it placed trust in the “wrong individuals.” More in public interest: Cedar Point’s highly anticipated new roller coaster is closed until further notice. Top Thrill 2 opened on May 4. The company announced Sunday morning that the ride is closed for a “mechanical modification,” after just eight days of operation. |
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Canadian wildfire smoke already spreading toward Great Lakes |
The Canadian wildfire season is starting early. We already have a large plume of smoke heading our way. There are a few active large fires in southern Canada. Our upper-air flow is such that the smoke from those Canadian fires will be blown into the Midwest and eventually Michigan. Portage tornado assessment: Sixty buildings were destroyed and another 538 were damaged by the tornado that tore through Kalamazoo County last week, preliminary damage assessments show. Tornado aftermath: A building constructed over a century ago that functioned as a theater in the 1940s and 1950s — and later moved to a city park — is at risk of falling over, a city of Portage official said. |
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Lions season tickets sell out for second straight season |
Hot team: The Detroit Lions just announced historic price hikes of more than 30% at Ford Field for next season -- and more than 80% for some premium seats -- andstill sold out the joint for a second straight season. Here to stay: The Detroit Lions and their quarterback Jared Goff have agreed on a massive contract extension. Goff gets $212 million over four years, with $170 million of that guaranteed. In baseball: Spencer Torkelson crushed a two-run, go-ahead home run in the eighth inning to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday night at Comerica Park. |
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Knights, jesters and dragons: Medieval magic comes to life when fair returns to Michigan |
Journey back in time this summer: Sword fights, fire eaters, jesters, shops and a life-sized dragon are among the highlights at the Canterbury Village Medieval Faire coming to Canterbury Village in Lake Orion from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 1-2 and June 8-9. Get ready for nothin’ but a good time: Another big national act has just been announced for the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. Poison frontman, Bret Michaels, will perform there on Monday, July 1. More in music:Actor Donald Glover has just announced a huge world tour. His alter ego, Childish Gambino, is going on tour to Australia, Europe and North America with a stop in Michigan. |
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