Trip Advisor list of world’s best beaches includes one along Lake Michigan

Trip Advisor has named the best beaches in the world and one Michigan beach, Oval Beach on Lake Michigan, has made the list. Saugatuck-Douglas Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Lisa Mize doesn’t mind if they get more people visiting. “I think that …

Marching band from Michigan plays for the Pope

A marching band from Michigan has traveled across the world for a once in a lifetime performance. The Holly High School Bronco Marching Band planned this trip for two years, sending 70 students to Italy and perform on New Year’s Day at the St. Peter’s …

Southwest Michigan’s Morning News for Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025

Michigan lawmakers pass last-minute legislation on paid sick leave and minimum wage

LANSING, Mich. — Lawmakers at the Michigan Legislature passed paid sick time and minimum wage reforms Thursday night, less than two hours before the midnight deadline. The decision comes after the Michigan Supreme Court decisions to raise the minimum wage …

Michigan Senate passes paid sick act reform just before deadline

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Michigan Senate passed a bill late Thursday that would reform the paid sick time act shortly before a Friday deadline. The bipartisan legislation would require larger businesses to provide a minimum of 72 hours of earned sick …

Michigan City woman charged in 2 fentanyl overdose deaths

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - A Michigan City woman has been arrested and charged after police say two people died earlier this month from fentanyl overdoses. 38-year-old Ashley Coleman has been charged with two counts of dealing resulting in death and one …

Did You Know Michigan Cable Barriers Could Did This?

You've probably noticed the cable barriers set up in the median of highways across Michigan. I've always wondered why the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) installed them, because whenever I've seen a vehicle that has lost control …

Michigan lawmakers prep last-minute changes to paid sick leave, minimum wage increase

Lansing — Hours before a midnight deadline, the Michigan Legislature was rushing Thursday night to avoid large increases in the minimum wage for workers who receive tips and to grant businesses an array of changes to looming requirements that they provide …

President Trump endorses Meshawn Maddock to be Michigan GOP chair

Lansing — President Donald Trump endorsed Meshawn Maddock, one of his outspoken allies in Michigan, on Thursday to be the next chairwoman of the state Republican Party. A former co-chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, Maddock is in a three-candidate race to …

Michigan Senate halts wage act, passes bills modifying pay and sick leave

The Michigan Senate was in session all evening as both Democrats and Republicans attempted to pass legislation. LANSING, Mich. — About 7 months after the Michigan Supreme Court reinstated the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act of 2018, the act was set …