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Monday, May 27, 2024: 5 things you need to know
MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) - Happy Monday morning, mid-Michigan! If you’re starting your morning with us, check out these five stories you may have missed. 1. Today is Memorial Day and it’s about more than the unofficial start of summer. The holiday honors soldiers who died in war while serving the country. Several towns claim to have started it but Congress gives credit to Waterloo, New York. Memorial Day is also called Decoration Day.
Strong thunderstorms pass through West Michigan
KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Cloudy, becoming breezy and more humid with afternoon showers developing with thunderstorms possible. The thunderstorms have the possibility to become strong to severe, primarily south of I-96. High 75° with dew points in the 60s. E -SE winds at 15-20 mph. Windy with overnight showers likely.
My dad was the first Black Michigander at West Point. I honor him on Memorial Day. | Opinion
My father, Clarence Davenport Jr., was the first African American from Michigan admitted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. This happened in 1939. In the entire 20th Century, my dad was only the third African-American to graduate from West Point, and the sixth in its history. His rare accomplishments resulted from numerous circumstances, key among them African Americans’ growing local power at the ballot box.
Memorial Day parades across Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan
OHIO, USA — Memorial Day weekend is often thought of as the unofficial beginning of summer but it is also a solemn holiday in which Americans remember those who were lost in the country’s military engagements. One of the time-honored traditions for many families and individuals is the...
Consumers Energy fined $1M over complaints of faulty meters, delays in electric and gas services
Consumers Energy, one of the state’s largest energy providers, has agreed to pay $1 million after state energy regulators investigated complaints of malfunctioning electrical meters, violations of rules on estimated billing and significant delays in providing new electric and gas service. The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), which regulates energy and telecommunications companies within the […] The post Consumers Energy fined $1M over complaints of faulty meters, delays in electric and gas services appeared first on Michigan Advance.
1 Michigan beach closed Memorial Day weekend • pet friendly beaches • drunk driver charged in pedestrian crash
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Michigan beach is closed Memorial Day weekend due to a high bacteria level, Michigan state park pet friendly beaches your dogs can take a swim in, and a drunk driver was charged in last weekend's horrific mid-Michigan pedestrian crash: here are the top stories from FOX 2's Week in Review.
On this Memorial Day weekend, a civic prayer for the living and the dead
By the Sunday before Memorial Day my father would already have the flowers set out on the family graves. He would have called the flowers “decorations,” because being an original Ozarker he knew the holiday by its old name. The relatives whose remains were held safe by these grassy plots had been gone for years, […] The post On this Memorial Day weekend, a civic prayer for the living and the dead appeared first on Michigan Advance.
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