By Ron French Low-income students in six Michigan counties will be guaranteed free tuition at Grand Valley State University under a program announced Monday. The Grand Valley Pledge offers four years of tuition-free college for students in families earning under $50,000 a year who reside in Kent, Ottawa, Calhoun, Muskegon, Grand Traverse and Wayne counties. […]
By Madeline Halpert Municipal leaders from Battle Creek to Lansing are welcoming a budget plan from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that would allocate $70 million to bail out 24 cities hit hard by decreasing income taxes from the pandemic. In Michigan, 24 cities rely on income taxes to comprise 25 to 33 percent of their […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report on Wednesday confirming what many experts had already suggested: wearing two masks prevents the spread of COVID-19 more than wearing just one mask. The CDC also reports that a tight mask fit is important and significantly protects the wearer from contracting COVID-19. For full […]
Muskegon – WUVS 103.7 The Beat in conjunction with Cinema Carousel present a special screening of JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH with a virtual audience talkback immediately after the film with the film subject’s son, Fred Hampton Jr. Friday, February 12, 2021, 6:20 p.m. at the Cinema Carousel in Muskegon, Michigan. “The late Fred Hampton […]
Tribune News Wire MUSKEGON– Chef Tom Recinella, Dean of Culinary at Baker College and its Culinary Institute of Michigan (CIM), has been appointed to the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission (ACFEFAC) as the Central Region Education Representative, effective immediately. Recinella will serve the national industry organization in this new role through 2024. Later […]
By Victor Skinner The Muskegon Tribune There’s a new Big Boy in Muskegon, and it’s kind of a big deal. The iconic youngster in checkered overalls has greeted Michiganders for decades, but the franchise’s newest establishment at 1720 E. Sternberg Road will serve as a proving ground for an entirely new look and revamped menu. […]
By Mike Wilkinson As thousands of seniors scramble for the coronavirus vaccine, some politicians in southeast Michigan are jumping to the front of line with the help of their local governments. Oakland County and Detroit have offered the vaccine to politicians, with Oakland offering it to state legislators and county commissioners and Detroit offering it […]
In an effort to reach more Michiganders in need of COVID-19 testing and other public health services, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is partnering with Wayne State University (WSU) and Wayne Health (WH) to provide mobile COVID-19 testing. MDHHS is also seeking to expand this program to four other communities in […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer will announce today that the state is allowing contact sports to resume, with some safeguards, following one of the more intense waves of opposition her administration has seen in response to its efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Contact sports have been banned since November 18 and are one of […]
Josh Dawsey The Washingtn Post Former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election largely due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post-election autopsy completed by Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio. The 27-page document shows that voters in 10 key states rated the pandemic as their top voting issue, and President Biden […]