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Adopt A Highway Cleanups Start This Month

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The Michigan Department of Transportation’s annual Adopt a Highway roadside cleanups will start this month. In the southern half of the Lower Peninsula, volunteers will be out along the sides of highways from April 17 to April

Gas Prices Fall 5¢ In Past Week

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Triple-A Michigan says gas prices in the state are down 5¢ a gallon in the past week. The statewide average is $2.79, 3¢ lower than last month but $1.25 higher than last year. The least-expensive gas is

Healthy Michigan Program Tops 900,000 Enrollees

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced the Healthy Michigan plan has now passed 900,000 enrollees. Healthy Michigan is the state’s expanded Medicaid program. The office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer has released the following:

I-94 Being Widened In Kalamazoo

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The Michigan Department of Transportation will start a project to widen I-94 in Kalamazoo starting next week. It says in a new video the highway will expand from four lanes to six lanes. The project also includes

Sheriff Honors Emergency Telecommunicators

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This coming week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, when the 911 dispatchers of the nation are honored for their work to protect the public. Van Buren County Sheriff Dan Abbott says 911 telecommunicators are the “first