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Best ATS picks for every Michigan game at DraftKings: See who our expert likes in “The Game”
MLive - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
We’re officially under a month before the Michigan Wolverines take the field for the 2025 season, and excitement is building in Ann Arbor. The team begins the campaign at home against the New Mexico Lobos, but oddsmakers at DraftKings Sportsbook...
America’s Deadliest School Attack Happened in Michigan
Cars 108 - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
As families prepare for a new school year, most are focused on back-to-school shopping, first-day photos, and lunchbox plans — not the more sobering reality of active shooter drills and lockdown procedures that have become routine for many...
Conservative ‘hoaxers’ plead to intimidating Michigan voters with robocalls
WILX - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Two Virginia men and convicted frausters pleaded no contest to intimidating Michigan voters in 2020, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Friday afternoon. Jacob Wohl, 27 and John Burkman, 59, are accused of orchestrating...
Minnesota Twins’ trade deadline selloff was anything but a ‘retooling’
MinnPost - Minnesota
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August 1, 2025
And One with Britt Robson | Minnesota Timberwolves analysis and exlusive commentary from sports columnist Britt Robson. Delivered weekly. Here’s a question that isn’t being asked enough in the aftermath of the Twins’ trade deadline roster selloff:...
Utz to Shutter Grand Rapids, Michigan, Plant
Food Processing
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August 1, 2025
Snack maker Utz Brands Inc. has announced it will shut down its Grand Rapids, Mich., processing plant by early 2026, as reported in its second-quarter 2025 financial report. Employees will be encouraged to apply for work at other Utz facilities,...
Trump's chief economic adviser sh-ts on struggling small business
Daily Kos
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August 1, 2025
Stephen Miran, who chairs President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, took a break from stoking racial resentment to appear on CNN Friday and dismiss increasingly troubling jobs reports. When asked about struggling small businesses like...
Detroit City Council at-large candidates discuss public safety, land bank, more at BridgeDetroit forum
Bridge Detroit - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
Housing, education, public safety and government inclusion were top issues during a July BridgeDetroit forum for at-large City Council candidates. There are two at-large seats on the City Council who represent the city as a whole. Eight people are...
"Main Street" small businesses get boost from the state
WGVU - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
$1.5 million in grant money will fund the start-up or growth of 63 businesses across Michigan, focusing on strengthening commercial districts in downtown areas. The “Match on Main” grants from the Michigan Strategic Fund are expected to create 166...
Proposed cuts to Pure Michigan campaign could hurt West Michigan tourism
WGVU - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
A new study from Travel Michigan released in July shows tourism statewide generated nearly $55 billion in economic impact in 2024. 131 million visitors spent more than $30 billion, up nearly 5% in 2024. Tourism supported more than 300,000 jobs,...
Focus West Michigan for 8-1-25
WGVU - Michigan
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A dozen West Michigan businesses will benefit from the state's "Match on Main" program, Dwelling Place is partnering with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to reserve 11 units for tribal members in an new affordable housing plan in Holland,...
Backers of robocall scheme targeting Detroit voters plead no contest
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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Jacob Wohl and John "Jack" Burkman pleaded no contest to a series of felony charges stemming from a scheme targeting Detroit voters ahead of the 2020 election. The robocalls made a series of false claims about voting by mail, according to Attorney...
MLB World Series Odds for Every Team Following 2025 Trade Deadline
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 1, 2025
There’s been some intriguing line movement in the World Series market just since Thursday evening into Friday morning. As the dust settled on the MLB Trade Deadline, the key contenders stayed put — for the most part — but there were some...
Man dies in workplace accident at Michigan LG Energy Solutions facility
CBS 62 Detroit - Michigan
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Police seek shooter after bullets strike sleeping kids; new tariffs to begin; other top stories Police seek shooter after bullets strike sleeping kids; new tariffs to begin; other top stories 04:00 A man died earlier this week in a workplace...
Parsons landing spots as Cowboys star demands trade
CBS Sports - Florida
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Dallas Cowboys All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons hit the nuclear button with him and the team's front office at an impasse in contract talks: he has requested a trade. Parsons posted on Friday afternoon that he personally sent a trade request to...
Guardians trade Bieber to Toronto, Sewald to Detroit
Sidney Daily News - Ohio
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August 1, 2025
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber throws to an Oakland Athletics batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. AP Photo | Godofredo A. Vásquez Pitcher Shane Bieber is headed to the AL...
Top Five Micah Parsons Landing Spots After Star Requests Trade From Cowboys
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 1, 2025
Defensive superstar Micah Parsons made his trade request from the Cowboys officially official on Friday afternoon, releasing a long, Notes app'd statement on X (formerly Twitter) explaining that after years of a strange back and forth with team...
The Faces of Family Entrepreneurship
DBusiness Magazine - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
Faces of Detroit August 2025 Carmine and Kira Jabri — Emma International 30150 Telegraph Road, Suite 120, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 248-987-4497 | emmainternational.com As the Faces of Family Entrepreneurship, Carmine and Kira Jabri exemplify the...
Police bust $10M illegal cannabis grow operation in West Michigan
Grand Rapids Business Journal - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
State police seized more than $10 million in illegally grown cannabis and arrested multiple people this week in one of the larger weed busts since Michigan legalized the drug recreationally. Michigan State Police seized more than 13,400 plants and...
Orioles trade activity leads to shuffle of MLB roster
Camden Chat - Maryland
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August 1, 2025
The core of the Orioles roster was untouched by Thursday’s trade activity. Everyone will still recognize this team. At the same time, the trades caused a lot of upheaval. Just on Thursday, the Orioles traded two infielders, two outfielders, a...
Michigan Supreme Court strikes down warrantless cell phone search
WEMU - Michigan
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August 1, 2025
A divided Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law enforcement authorities cannot use a warrant to search a criminal suspect’s cell phone without specifying what it is they’re looking for. The decision sets a higher bar for law enforcement...