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Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools are preparing for Michigan’s new literacy law with K-5 curriculum updates and grade 12 screening.
Michigan is warning residents to avoid eating deer from a marsh in Iosco County.
Record-setting dry weather across Michigan’s Thumb region has pushed the 2026 row-crop harvest into the history books ahead of schedule. But inside combine cabs from Saginaw Bay to the Ohio border, early relief over swift field progress is quickly giving way to financial calculation. With corn and soybean harvest...
Michigan will cap antlerless deer license use at five in Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac counties for the 2026 hunting season.
Step back into Sebewaing's past with the story of Hotel Hannah, a grand Michigan landmark known for its distinctive domed turret and elegant veranda. Historic postcards reveal the hotel's German-American roots, its role in community life and its eventual destruction by fire in the early 1970s.
BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - On Nov. 11, 1976, history was buried beneath concrete in Bay County. Fifty years later, pieces of life inside a time capsule from America’s 200th birthday — documents, magazines and even a beer bottle — were uncovered to a round of applause.
Lake-effect snow showers begin well before sunrise on Friday, with scattered snow showers continuing through the morning.
Drivers crossing two bridges in Bay City, Michigan may not realize it, but a quiet dispute between city officials and a private toll company has been building for months — and it just took a major step forward. The Bay City Commission voted 6-2 Monday to back a letter from Mayor Christopher Girard asking Michigan’s top law enforcement official to take a closer look at how those tolls are being handled.
County commissioners voted to accept the resignations Tuesday, but some residents say questions about accountability remain.
Food stamp recipients who are 18 to 64 and have no children under 14 now have to show 80 hours a month of work, volunteering or training to keep their benefits beyond three months, and in Michigan the rule restarted Nov. 1 in eight counties and Bay City. The Michigan Department of Health and Human... The post Food stamp recipients without children under 14 now face the 80-hour monthly work rule up to age 64, and Michigan restarted it Nov. 1 in eight counties and Bay City appeared first on The Financial Wire .
Ubly visits New Lothrop in a Week 12 playoff game as the Bearcats seek a regional title against the high-scoring Hornets.
A Tuscola County educator who is known for passing her passion for learning on to her students has been honored with an Excellence In Education award from the Michigan Lottery. The award winner, Melissa Findlay, is a Professions in Education Instructor at Tuscola Technology Center. The school is part of...
Witzgall’s Work and Western Wear, at 702 W. Midland Road near Bay City Western High School, had a soft opening on Nov. 6 and will have a grand opening on Nov. 14.
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - With temperatures continuing to cool off, no doubt the big story in the forecast right now is the chance of lake-effect snow in the Thumb for both Thursday and Friday nights. As of this update, that potential still exists! Where the heaviest snow bands can set up, some light accumulations are certainly possible. More details below.
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WNEM) - Our WNEM Game of the Week sponsored by Flint Bishop Airport features a rematch of the Swan Valley Vikings and Frankenmuth Eagles in a Division 5 Regional Championship matchup. The Eagles enter this matchup on a ten-game winning streak. With a victory, Frankenmuth would reach the...
A capsule look at the Negaunee vs. Ogemaw Heights regional final football showdown
Coachella 2027 will feature three performers with Michigan ties, including the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna. The Coachella music festival dropped its 2027 lineup on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Madonna, 68, who hails from Bay City, will hit the stage on April 9 and April 16, 2027. The star recently performed at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards at which she earned seven awards.
BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - Less than a week after voters in Bay County said “yes” to renewing funding for the library system, hundreds of Bay City residents packed a special meeting of the library’s board. So many showed up, the meeting was moved into an overflow...
PINCONNING, Mich. — Pinconning school leaders are considering their options after voters rejected a bond proposal that would have raised nearly $20 million for a school project. Superintendent Andy Kowalczyk said financial stability for the district’s budget was a major part of the proposal. “So, financial stability to...
BAY CITY, Mich. (WJRT) — Five organizations in Bay County are receiving a combined $400,000 in the first round of grants funded by opioid settlement money. The Bay Area Community Foundation and Bay County created the Opioid Remediation Grant Program to support programs focused on prevention, treatment, recovery, harm reduction and services for people affected by opioid use disorder.
