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Residents impacted by August 2023 storm in SE Michigan have 1 week left to apply for federal assistance
(CBS DETROIT) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency says Metro Detroit residents who were impacted by the severe storm in August 2023 have one more week to apply for federal assistance.CBS News Detroit is getting some numbers from FEMA on the amount of federal assistance provided thus far after devastating storms caused flooding and even tornadoes in some areas:Macomb County - $16,374,411.14Monroe County - $2,706,450.02Oakland County - $17,896,791.57Wayne County - $254,551,658.90Some families, like the Blandino family in Chesterfield Township, have been repairing for months now, and Jessica Blandino is finally starting to see her basement come together."It's very just calming to have a spot," she said.It was a spot that was once flooded with over 5 feet of water."Now, to see it drywalled and painted, and it looks like a spot in the basement that wasn't ruined, it feels more like a home again, which is nice," said Blandino.Aside from additional laying of carpet, getting a cover that opens and closes for the egress window is up next."If water is coming down on it, it shouldn't allow the water to get into the hole to push the window in again like it did the last time," Blandino said.
Taxpayers foot $4,526 coffeemaker, $11,000 flight for Michigan businesswoman
(The Center Square) – A records request shows spending details of a $20 million taxpayer-funded grant that included a $11,000 plane ticket and a $4,500 coffee maker. Metro Detroit businesswoman and Michigan Economic Development Corp. executive committee member Fay Beydoun received a $20 million grant for her company Global Link International to attract international business. The Detroit News first reported the expenditures including $100,000 sponsorship, an $11,000 plane ticket, and...
'World of possibilities' for nearly 90 acres next to ITC Park in Novi. Here are a few
NOVI — The city has sealed the deal on a $4 million purchase of nearly 90 acres of land next to ITC Community Sports Park and now gets to decide how the property is best used. “It opens a world of possibilities,” City Parks and Recreation Director Jeff Muck...
Woman speaks out after falling through caved floor of apartment in Warren
WARREN, Mich. – An urgent situation has prompted the apartment management company to take immediate action following an incident where one of its tenants fell through the floor. Lisa Darby, 50, was rescued by firefighters Tuesday (April 30) after her leg got stuck in the hole where the floor...
Lessenberry: Michigan failing to read results
TROY, Mich. — What do Albert Einstein and Whoopi Goldberg, former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Walt Disney, Jennifer Aniston, and Tom Cruise all have in common? They all have, or had dyslexia, a learning disorder that has nothing to do with intelligence, but can make reading extremely difficult. Fortunately, they all got help or managed, with great difficulty and sheer force of will, to find a way to overcome it. Not everyone is as fortunate. Deon Butler, a star football tight end at Central Michigan University, was signed by the Detroit Lions, but then cut from the team, because, he says, he wasn’t able to read the playbook. His problem was undiagnosed dyslexia. He descended into a dark world of drugs before turning his life around. Today, dyslexia, which affects one in every five people, is much better understood. Forty states, including Ohio, have some type of mandatory screening for schoolchildren to catch dyslexia, and intervention programs to help them overcome it. But not Michigan.
Lawsuit: Michigan psych hospital staff ‘encouraged’ girl to assault 10-year-old boy
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A lawsuit filed last week against Michigan on behalf of a 15-year-old girl who attorneys say was “encouraged” by staff to assault a 10-year-old boy has been expanded. Both children were residential patients under the care of the Michigan Department of Health and Human...
Nonprofit brings music to senior care centers in Bloomfield Hills
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – It’s a musical field trip that took some Metro Detroit senior citizens back in time. The nonprofit Motor City Lyric Opera launched a mini-tour of Bloomfield Hills. Motor City Lyric Opera made two stops at two different senior care centers on Wednesday (May 1)....
Police: Man arrested for drunk driving against traffic in Bloomfield Township
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 1) - Bushman, the host of The Bushman Show, has seen a lot over his nearly 40-year radio career. But last Saturday night, he was nearly struck by a wrong-way driver on Telegraph Road, right around Lone Pine Road in Bloomfield Township. "It was the most...
The top 10 high schools in Michigan, according to US News
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - There are over 700 public school districts in Michigan – with over 1,160 high schools from the southeast corner of the Lower Peninsula to the central time zone counties in the far west Upper Peninsula. According to US news, the top high school in...
Despite different opinions, regional support is building for deer management action
FARMINGTON HILLS — Love them or hate them, deer are part of life in metro Detroit's urban setting. They can be seen eating through backyard gardens come springtime and are known for darting across roadways all year. Brian Moore, a Farmington Hills resident, would like to see the region's...
Contract negotiations continue for Troy teachers
Continued contract negotiations between the Troy School District and their teachers has left some questioning the district’s support of its educators and others pointing to what they called systemic underfunding from the state. Teachers within the district have been working without a contract since Feb. 1. Though members of...
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