I spent a few hours with Donna in Union City. She's a one-woman tornado response team.
At first, tornado victims need hugs. Then they need money.
She knows that because she survived a tornado in 2024 a few miles away. Families are still rebuilding.
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Who pays for keeping a coal plant running in West Michigan? @carol-thompson.bsky.social reports.
Michigan public universities can buy land anywhere in the state and determine what it will be used for without local government approval.
That's become a flashpoint in the uproar over University of Michigan's data center plans in Ypsilanti Twp. @detroitnews.com
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Microsoft has terminated its data center confidentiality agreements with four west Michigan communities two weeks after the @detroitnews.com reported on the NDAs.
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The state government has made an unsolicited offer to run the Detroit River boat launch, a city of Detroit spokesman said.
A truck crashed on a west Michigan highway. Weeks later, officials discovered "several thousand pounds" of plastic pellets had spilled into the Kalamazoo River, nearby wetlands and along the highway.
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Worth reading this to the end. Thanks for the laugh, @grahamorama.bsky.social
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Some Muslims in Michigan say they're concerned about gathering with their fellow congregants during holy month.
Appeal planned; environmental justice activists from SW Detroit and nearby communities surrounding Zug Island cheered ruling as ' monumental victory.'
Republican state Sen. Ed McBroom said he'd never vote for U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman again and called him a liar who's been absent from his district.
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
Municipal officials have signed non-disclosure agreements with data center companies in at least four Michigan communities as developments "become a political trip wire."
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Bad Bunny lights up Super Bowl halftime show with message of unity.
Great performance, great review from @grahamorama.bsky.social
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We’re looking for volunteers to share their social media feeds for a possible story about how algorithms shape people’s understanding and opinions on the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the wrongful arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for reporting on a church protest in St. Paul.
Read our full statement here: www.mnspj.org/2026/01/30/m...
As events in Minneapolis challenge our fundamental Constitutional rights, we remember that unflinching, fearless journalism is a cornerstone of our democracy. In this time of unrest, IJNR stands with the journalists across the nation who are doing the hard and vital work of holding power to account.
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
Detroiter and nationally known cycling advocate Mark “Marco” Speeks bikes year-round, including frigid Michigan winters. It’s both a personal lifestyle and model for empowerment in his adopted hometown, he explains.
The family of Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis man shot and killed by federal immigration agents Saturday morning, released a statement to several media outlets. It begins: "We are heartbroken but also very angry."
IIyasah Shabazz, her older sister, Atallah, spoke at The Wright on Monday during its MLK celebration.
"The directive could make us a national leader in this space," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said at the Detroit Auto Show.
Detroit News sports columnist John Niyo was the best in the business in 2025.
Opponents say the facility emits a strong, foul odor and presents environmental concerns.
It seems like they're everywhere, but Michigan data center development trails other Great Lakes states.
An economist offers this warning: "They are moving faster than our capacity to do the regulations and policies that could minimize their impacts on society."
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A fascinating insight into our ridiculous consumption habits. Worth reading ahead of the holidays
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In national news, the Trump administration is set to approve a pesticide known as TFA, a known PFAS. The EPA plans to narrow the largest federal data collection on PFAS, and manufacturing groups reported to the DOJ and NEC on how state chemical laws are "harming" the economy.
"Just after Christmas, on his birthday, JJ found his mom draped over her bed, lifeless. An autopsy would later confirm what she had feared: Preeclampsia killed her at 20 weeks pregnant."
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Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’, from @chicagotribune.com
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Love this. Detroit schools graduate returns home to revive the marching band at Cody High School. @detroitnews.com
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