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Whitmer: Multi-billion-dollar Saline Township data center ‘largest investment in Michigan history’

Whitmer: Multi-billion-dollar Saline Township data center ‘largest investment in Michigan history’

Photo: Conceptual rendering of the data center. Credit: Related Digital By Kyle Davidson, Michigan AdvanceOctober 30, 2025 A string of announcements from DTE Energy, Open AI and Related Digital coalesced into another notice from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer late Thursday afternoon, confirming plans to move forward with development of a data center in Saline Township ...

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November Brings Lower Gas Prices to Michigan

November Brings Lower Gas Prices to Michigan

Gas prices in Michigan are down 11 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $2.97 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 20 cents less than this time last month and 21 cents less than this time last year. Motorists are paying an average of $44 for a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline; a discount of about $13 from ...

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Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut & Cashew in Candy Bars

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut & Cashew in Candy Bars

Company Announcement Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory of Ann Arbor, Michigan is recalling Zingerman’s Peanut Butter Crush Full Size Bars with Lot#174250 because it may contain undeclared cashew and Zingerman’s Ca$hew Cow Full Size Bars with Lot#174250 because it may contain undeclared peanut. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to cashews or peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening ...

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Michigan Medicine: New Warnings About Superbugs

Michigan Medicine: New Warnings About Superbugs

Anastasia Wasylyshyn, M.D., of the division of infectious disease at University of Michigan Health explains Author | Kelly Malcom, Michigan Medicine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization recently issued new, dire warnings about the spread of so-called superbugs, infectious bacteria for which there are no effective antibiotics. Anastasia Wasylyshyn, M.D., of ...

Michigan’s Report Cards Have Been Sent Home

Michigan’s Report Cards Have Been Sent Home

Photo by diane39 Michigan’s schools have received their report cards, and many are full of failing grades. According to the Michigan Student Test of Educational Programs (known as M-STEP), on average across the state, only three of five third-grade students can read proficiently. That means two out of five third-graders cannot read to their grade ...

Food Insecurity Will Soon Intensify for Many Local Families

Food Insecurity Will Soon Intensify for Many Local Families

The USDA says November’s SNAP funds will not be distributed Next month, around 11,000 Washtenaw County households will face increased food insecurity when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspends November payment for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as a result of the “ongoing federal government funding lapse.”  About 5,000 of these Washtenaw County ...

An Adrian Love Affair That Has Lasted 160 Years

An Adrian Love Affair That Has Lasted 160 Years

Photo by Steve Sheldon The Croswell Opera House invited a few hundred of their friends and supporters to a party as they announced their 2026 season. And what a season it promises to be. The City of Adrian, a town of 19,985 people, has for years wrapped their collective arms around their crowned jewel — ...

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The Ballad That Immortalized the Edmund Fitzgerald

The Ballad That Immortalized the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The captain wired in, he had water comin’ inAnd the good ship and crew was in perilAnd later that night when his lights went out of sightCame the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” –Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald In the aftermath of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, ...

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Michigan Tech Unveils Nature Megaphone on Tech Trails

Michigan Tech Unveils Nature Megaphone on Tech Trails

By Windy Veker Photo courtesy of Michigan Technological University Imagine being immersed in a cornucopia of quiet forest sounds — small animals rustling in the underbrush, birds chirping softly, wind gently shifting the leaves. This is what visitors to Michigan Technological University’s Tech Trails can experience inside the recently installed nature megaphone. The 10-foot-long conical wooden ...

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AAA: Michigan Gas Prices Drop to Lowest Since 2021

AAA: Michigan Gas Prices Drop to Lowest Since 2021

The Michigan state average dropped 13 cents from a week ago Gas prices in Michigan are down 13 cents from last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $2.79 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is a new 2025-low. This price is 41 cents less than this time last month and 49 cents less than this time last year. Motorists are paying ...

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