West Michigan Works! to host July job fair to connect job seekers with area’s high-demand industries

West Michigan Works! to host July job fair to connect job seekers with area’s high-demand industries

By Victor Skinner West Michigan Works! is recruiting local job seekers for a virtual job fair in July, the latest in a series of monthly job fairs and other efforts to connect the unemployed with the area’s in-demand industries. Throughout the pandemic, West Michigan Works! has hosted job fairs on the third Wednesday of every […]

Local students earn SVSU Dean’s List status

Local students earn SVSU Dean’s List status

Saginaw -More than 1800 students from Saginaw Valley State University earned a spot on the Winter 2021 semester Deans’ List. To be eligible for the Deans’ List, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and carry a semester GPA of 3.4 or better. The local students from the Greater Muskegon area are: Miya […]

From food help to rent aid, here’s how Michigan will spend $2.2B stimulus

From food help to rent aid, here’s how Michigan will spend $2.2B stimulus

LANSING — Another wave of federal stimulus funds will flow to needy families, local governments and disaster response efforts under a $2.2 billion spending bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The first-term Democrat had also hoped to sign a $4.4 billion spending plan for Michigan schools, but that proposal stalled in the state House last week […]

GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims ‘ludicrous’

GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims ‘ludicrous’

LANSING —A months-long Republican investigation into Michigan’s 2020 election uncovered no evidence of widespread fraud and concluded Wednesday with a recommendation the attorney general investigate those who made false claims for “personal gain.” The 35-page report prepared by Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, dives deep to debunk conspiracy theories perpetuated by former President Donald Trump and some of […]

Opinion: Let’s start reinvesting in public universities now

Opinion: Let’s start reinvesting in public universities now

Michigan’s public universities have long been among the nation’s finest collections of state institutions of higher learning. Since the University of Michigan was founded before Michigan was even a state, the public universities have been educating residents, researching major problems, and delivering solutions from that research to the public. The universities engage with farmers and […]

The Return of ‘Law and Order’

The Return of ‘Law and Order’

On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President and former police captain Eric Adams took the lead in the New York mayoral race with 32% of the Democratic primary vote, 10 points more than progressive Maya Wiley, who had the endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. How did Adams beat the elite? Said The New York Times: Adams built […]

Muskegon’s Lakeshore Trail Reopens

Muskegon’s Lakeshore Trail Reopens

MUSKEGON– The Muskegon Lakeshore Trail – the 12-mile bike and pedestrian pathway from the Muskegon River to Pere Marquette Beach – has fully reopened since high-water damage closed a portion of it early 2020. The trail between Hartshorn Marina and Lakeside received extensive damage from high water and battering storms in the winter of 2019-20. […]

MCC Receives $150,000 State Grant to Support Adult Students

MCC Receives $150,000 State Grant to Support Adult Students

Muskegon Community College has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) in partnership with the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) to support its students enrolled in the Futures for Frontliners and Michigan Reconnect programs. Awarded through a competitive application process, the Sixty by 30 grant was announced […]

Muskegon County to lift the State of Emergency beginning June 29

Muskegon County to lift the State of Emergency beginning June 29

MUSKEGON — Muskegon County plans to lift all COVID-19 restrictions and return to in-person committee and board meetings beginning June 29, 2021.  In alignment with Governor Whitmer, Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Muskegon County plans to resume all business operations with COVID-19 restrictions lifted. Board and […]

Michigan to end gathering, mask restrictions on Tuesday

Michigan to end gathering, mask restrictions on Tuesday

LANSING — Michigan is lifting the remaining major restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, marking the first time in 15 months without limits on gatherings. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced that restaurants and venues can return indoor capacity to 100 percent on that day from 50 percent, citing rapid decreases in COVID-19 cases […]

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