Nearly 200 volunteers braved record setting heat to build a new playground in Grand Rapids, Muskegon is selling the historic Nelson House to the buyer with what city planners call the best bid, gas prices in Michigan rise above four dollars a gallon again, food safety experts are advising restaurants and local chefs about food safety in the wake of the cyclospora outbreak, nearly half of Michiganders with disabilities have never cast a ballot but a West Michigan nonprofit is working to increase access.
Michigan's House Speaker wants Canadian officials to testify before state lawmakers about the wildfire spoke in the Great Lakes region, thousands of people showed up to rallies around the state in support of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's bid for U.S. Senate, new research shows a few native Michigan fish species could play an important part in controlling invasive mussels in the Great Lakes.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened a number of Disaster Recovery Centers in Michigan to work in tandem with other services. WGVU’s Shelley Irwin talks to Media Relations Specialist Daniel Bernardy about the local angle of FEMA.
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