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Michigan business owner gives $4M in Christmas bonuses
About 200 employees of a northern Michigan manufacturer received an average $20,000 Christmas bonus. Ludington-based FloraCraft surprised its employees during a holiday lunch on Friday, Dec. 14, when owner and Chairman Lee Schoenherr announced plans to give nearly $4 million in bonuses. Top gifts to employees with more than 40 years of tenure will exceed $60,000, the company. The gifts are a combination of cash bonuses and 401(k) contributions.
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Delray neighborhood set to receive its own historical archive
Author Karen Dybis is developing an archive of photos, objects, and oral histories for the Detroit neighborhood.
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New marquee lands at the Fillmore Detroit
After a summer of renovations, a new marquee has made its way to the front of the Fillmore.
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Nestlé Pays Only $200 to Take 130 Million Gallons of Michigan's Water
Nestlé is making waves in Michigan as it applies to draw 60% more water from a single well it owns without paying any more money. 2The Swiss company pays $200 annually for a permit to pump water from its own wells, including its well outside of Evart, Michigan, from which it already pumps 130 million gallons of water each year.
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Michigan’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Demands Justice From Big Oil
Fed-up residents in Michigan’s most polluted zip code say the tar sands refinery next door is causing toxic emissions to waft over their neighborhood—and they want out.
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Vernors Ginger Soda
One of the oldest sodas in the United States is little known outside the Midwest.
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Pharmacist denies woman miscarriage medication over religious beliefs
A Michigan woman says a pharmacist for a regional supermarket chain denied her medication prescribed to treat her miscarriage because it was against his religious beliefs. The Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter of complaint Tuesday to Meijer, asking the company to require pharmacists to fill patients' prescriptions, regardless of the pharmacists' beliefs, after Rachel Peterson was forced to drive more than three hours to get her medication.
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The Neighborhoods Where Kids Have a Better Shot at Escaping Poverty
New research shows that neighborhoods just miles apart that look similar may offer vastly different chances to climb up the economic ladder.
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Cass Corridor hotel redevelopment gets $5.69M boost from state
The mixed-use redevelopment will bring a boutique hotel and apartments next to the Masonic Temple.
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USPBL plans second stadium, maybe in West Michigan, by Opening Day 2020
Andy Appleby, owner of the four-team independent league that plays out of Utica, says he's talking with about 20 cities in seeking a second location.
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Henning: You had to have been there to appreciate '68 Tigers
A marvelous and sensitive celebration of a glorious World Series team was handled wondrously during a Comerica Park 50th-anniversary reunion Saturday.
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Glowing Rocks Dubbed 'Yooperlites' Discovered In Michigan
"These things are a blast to find," Superior Township resident Erik Rintamaki told WWJNewsradio.com. He offers guided walking tours to search for the special rocks, which glow when exposed to UV light due to the presence of the fluorescent mineral Sodalite. "I've been a rock picker all my life. I got it from my dad, who got it from his dad," said the 43-year-old, who has a side business as an agate dealer.
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Fifty years later, 1968 Tigers can't forget World Series-changing play
Willie Horton's throw from left field in Game 5 of the 1968 World Series is widely considered a huge turning point in that year's Fall Classic. The 1968 heroes remembered that Wednesday night.
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DNC Says Attempted Cyberattack Wasn't Russia. It Was A Test From Michigan
The Democratic National Committee acknowledged on Thursday that an attempted cyberattack it reported to the FBI was actually a security test by friendly volunteers from Michigan. DNC security boss Bob Lord said in a statement that a "third party" launched a "simulated phishing test on" the party's voter database — one Lord had announced on Wednesday in what at first appeared to be a warning about more foreign active measures this year.
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Ford’s Corktown costs coming in at $740M
This includes the acquisition and renovation of the train station and the book depository, construction of a new building, and constructing two new parking decks.
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Dad who ‘let baby die for belief’ says he’s being 'treated unfairly'
A Christian dad accused of letting his baby die due to his religious beliefs has claimed he’s being persecuted for his faith. Seth Welch and his wife Tatiana Fusari, both 27, have been charged with murder after allegedly letting 10-month-old Mary die of malnutrition at their farm in Solon Township, Michigan.
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Is there a new water crisis in Michigan?
On Sunday, Michigan's lieutenant governor called a state of emergency for Kalamazoo County due to water contaminated with chemicals at more 20 times the threshold set by the US Environmental Protection Agency. It's yet another site on a growing list of those around the state contaminated with the chemicals PFAS or PFOA. Last week, test results from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality found water in municipal water system in the city of Parchment...
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Details emerge for Dan Gilbert’s expansive Brewster-Douglass redevelopment
The development at the historic site could include over 900 residential units at a cost of over $300 million.
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On Detroit’s east side, the feather bowling tradition continues
The Cadieux Cafe is home to the one of the most authentic feather bowling sites in the world.
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