In today's newsletter, Toledo has been ranked the easiest city to save money, why Beryl isn't Michigan's typical rain and Michigan cuts back subsidies for Ford’s largescale EV battery plant. |
Mark your calendar for these summer concert series |
Jamming out to live music with friends and family can be the perfect way to spend the summer day. Check out these summer concert series happening across Michigan. The Listening Lawn concert series is back for its fourth year in Grand Rapids and kicks off on Friday, July 12. While you're in the area, experience fun for all ages for the Grand Rapids Symphony "How to Train Your Dragon" In Concert event on Wednesday, July 24, at DeVos Performance Hall. There are only five performances left for Totem Books free summer concert series in Flint. The series—which ends on August 13— features musicians from around the world. Breakout your best moves on the dance floor at one of mid-Michigan's signature summertime concert series. Friday Night Live returns to Saginaw this Friday, July 12. |
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L1527, a molecular cloud that contains a star being born, has an hourglass appearance with vibrant colors throughout. Image provided by NASA |
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The easiest US city to live in to save money is located right next to Michigan |
Affordability: Amid higher housing costs, rising interest rates and skyrocketing rent prices, a new study finds the best place to live in the entire country to save money is located right next to Michigan in Toledo, Ohio. Why is that?: “Toledo’s cost of living is the second-lowest of any city in this analysis, meaning life is extremely affordable (relatively speaking) in Ohio’s fourth-largest city,” Finance Buzz wrote, adding, “Toledo also ranks in the top three in terms of lowest median credit card debt, lowest rent costs relative to income, and lowest mortgage costs relative to income.” New homes: The Ann Arbor Housing Commission is taking ownership of a former city fire station with plans to redevelop the site as affordable housing. The city closed the station in 2003 amid a round of budget cuts and it has been used since as office space for the city’s fire inspectors, who recently vacated the building. |
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Why Beryl's rain isn't our ordinary Michigan rain |
The remnants of Hurricane Beryl have made their way into Michigan and quickly created flooding conditions in the Southwest corner of the state as the storm system moves along the I-94 corridor. From the density of the rain to how the cloud appear, check out how this rain is different than what we typically see in Michigan. Looks like fireworks: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the process in which stars are born. This looks as interesting as it sounds, with the gas and dust giving it an explosive, hourglass-type appearance. Speaking of stars: July is the best time of the year to observe two distant star clusters that are relatively close to each other. Given their close proximity to the constellation Scorpius, these two star clusters are easy to find for the amateur astronomer. |
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Michigan cuts back subsidies for Ford’s largescale EV battery plant |
Michigan has pulled back hundreds of millions of dollars in economic incentives for multiple Ford projects. The Michigan Strategic Fund voted to amend the subsidies Tuesday, July 9 after Ford previously scaled back its investments due to a shifting market for electric vehicles. This impacts a sprawling battery plant in Marshall and a multi-billion-dollar investment in Ford facilities across the state. Powered up: The wind farms of the Upper Great Plains generate so much electricity that power providers don’t just charge cheap rates for it – sometimes they actually pay utilities and power cooperatives to take the electricity to avoid overloading and crashing their local grid. Wolverine Power Cooperative officials are now exploring the possibilities of a high-voltage transmission line built beneath Lake Michigan to connect both sides of the the Great Lakes. Also in environmental news: Federal nuclear science authorities want public opinions on what they should consider when they decide whether to allow the Palisades power plant to restart. |
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A Kalamazoo man fled from officers. The state Supreme Court said he had the right to. |
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2 Michigan campgrounds among hardest to book in U.S. |
Finding a spot: According to camping resource The Dyrt, both of Michigan’s hard-to-book campgrounds are located within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Grand Marais. Twelvemile Beach Campground is ranked No. 2 having been booked 99.4% of the time and Hurricane River Campground is No. 6 on the list, having been booked 96.8% of the time. Be aware: Rangers at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore are giving visitors a heads up about changes to parking coming later this week. Four parking lots at the popular national park will close for more than two weeks, amid the busy tourism season, officials announced. Slowing down: A highway on Mackinac Island – where cars are banned – is getting a speed limit for the first time, FOX 2 Detroit reports. On Monday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill that targets electric bicycles zooming around the island, the report said. The new law sets the speed limit at 15 mph on M-185, which encircles the island. |
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