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Sep 20 2023
News
Woman rescued from muck inside Otsego County outhouse after trying to find her Apple watch
Talk about your worst nightmare: A woman who tried to retrieve her Apple watch from the muck of an Ostego County outhouse got stuck and had to be rescued by first responders. According to news release from the Michigan State Police, first responders were called to the outhouse at the Department of Natural Resources boat launch on Dixon lake after bystanders heard calls for help from the
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Sep 20 2023
Opinion
Why WMU is putting stipulations on its new program to admit anyone with a 3.0 GPA
KALAMAZOO, MI -- High school students with a 3.0 GPA or above and no record of criminal discipline issues will have guaranteed admission to Western Michigan University. WMU launched its Assured Admission Program earlier this month to “increase student access,” university spokesperson Paula Davis said. “In a very competitive environment in higher education, Western uses a comprehensive approach
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Sep 20 2023
News
White House reverses course on planned Detroit visit, will monitor UAW strike remotely
The Biden administration has reversed plans to send a two-person team to Detroit this week with the UAW striking Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, saying they will instead continue to monitor the situation remotely. Last Friday, after the union began its limited strike of the Detroit Three automakers, demanding better wages and benefits and more job protection, President Joe Biden spoke in
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Sep 15 2023
News
Strike! United Auto Workers declares historic strike against Detroit Three automakers. – Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The United Auto Workers (UAW) declared a strike at midnight Thursday after negotiations for a new contract failed with “Detroit Three” auto manufacturers: Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. This is the first time in the union’s history it has gone on strike against all three automakers. UAW President Shawn Fain told members at the picket line at the Ford-owned Michigan Assembly Plant in
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Sep 14 2023
News
Wentzville plant on UAW strike list as contract deadline approaches
WENTZVILLE — The General Motors plant in Wentzville is on the list of sites that will go on strike, should the company fail to reach a last-minute labor agreement with the United Auto Workers, the union announced Thursday night. The UAW announced Thursday evening that three auto plants would begin to strike Friday if the companies cannot reach new labor contracts by the 10:59 p.m. deadline.
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Sep 14 2023
News
UAW strike live updates: Deadline nears with no new contract agreement for 146,000 workers
Walkouts set for three sites in three states Fain said that three units, one at each of the three manufacturers, would be the first to picket, starting at midnight Friday. Those members are in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio. The UAW is planning a major rally for downtown Detroit on Friday afternoon. Two hours before the deadline, UAW President Sean Fain told members to be prepared to strike. "We
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Aug 04 2023
News
Coast Guard reports spill contained
MANISTEE — Lake Michigan's waters and beaches near Manistee no longer had signs of a diesel spill two days after 45,000 gallons of the fuel spilled from a Great Lakes freighter. Beach assessments and two flyovers by the U.S. Coast Guard found no visible sheen on Lake Michigan Friday, according to Lt. Heather Stemmerman, spokeswoman for the Coast Guard Great Lakes sector. A temporary patch on
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Aug 01 2023
News
Repairs shut down S.S. Badger for remainder of season
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A ferry that carries vehicles across Lake Michigan will shut down for the rest of the season after it was damaged unexpectedly over a week ago. Lake Michigan Carferry, which owns and operates the S.S. Badger from Ludington to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, said the decision to shut the ferry down for the rest of its 70th season is because the repairs will be extensive. The
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Sep 17 2023
News
Flashpoint: UAW strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers continues
DETROIT – It wasn’t just talk. For the first time ever, the UAW strikes each of Detroit’s Big Three automakers at once. How long might it last? How long can the Michigan economy endure? And how does it end? If you’ve been following closely, this strike is nothing close to a surprise. UAW President Shawn Fain seemed to promise it from the outset, that pushed the Big Three to make what they all
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Sep 14 2023
News
Auto strike could threaten Biden’s blue wall
Michigan Democrats support the union but caution that the president, a self-described “car guy,” faces potential political danger if thousands of union workers go on strike in such a critical swing state — one that helped seal Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, then did the same for Biden four years later. That’s especially true, they say, if the autoworkers don’t get a satisfactory outcome for
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