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DTE wants approval for Google data center power contracts: What’s at stake with 1-gigawatt Van Buren Township project?
Michigan’s utility regulator may decide as soon as Thursday whether to approve DTE Energy ‘s contracts for Google’s 1-gigawatt data center in Van Buren Township — and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and environmentalists are calling for greater ratepayer protections. It’s t...
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Detroit police shut down smoke shop for allegedly selling to minors
Detroit police have shut down a westside smoke shop after an undercover investigation revealed workers were selling tobacco to minors and marijuana without a license. Community complaints about Firecloud Smoke Shop on Joy Road near Greenfield located less than a mile from a neigh...
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Wife of Detroit Lions head coach opens up on ‘Local Blend’ podcast
Holly Campbell stopped by Local 4 coffee shop Fourgrounds Coffee in Plymouth to catch up with Karen Drew. Holly Campbell is the wife of Detroit Lion’s Head Coach Dan Campbell. She’s sharing about the best advice Dan ever gave her, and if his on field motivational speeches actuall...
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Michigan 3rd graders try to log 30 million reading minutes in ‘NCAA Read to the Final Four' challenge
Michigan third graders are being challenged to pick up a book and keep reading as the state counts down to the Men's Final Four in Detroit next April. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield, the NCAA, the Detroit Local Organizing Committee and educators launched the ...
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‘Gambling with our lives’: Another AI employee quits over safety concerns
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. That blunt admission from former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon made waves Tuesday, as the just-quit 27-year-old AI researcher spilled the beans on his way out the door in a resignation t...
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Hot dorms at Michigan State University? How students are being told to stay cool
When students at Michigan State University moved back on campus a couple of weeks ago, they came back to nearly perfect weather for the end of August. They ended up sweating out the first couple of weeks of the semester as the heat and humidity opened the month of September. For ...
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'It was not nice at all:' Dearborn driver gives her side after heated exchange with homeowner
A homeowner and a driver in Dearborn got into a heated expletive exchange after the motorist drove on his lawn to avoid a flooded street a week prior on Thursday....
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Bond yields hit highest levels since 2023 after Treasury Department announces up to $6 billion in buybacks
US bond yields rose Wednesday to their highest levels in almost three years after the Treasury Department said it would buy back up to $6 billion of government bonds, putting a dollar figure on the operation first announced last month. The 10-year US Treasury yield rose to 4.84%,...
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Could Detroit build its own power grid? City council weighs options after storm
Detroit City Council is asking to explore alternatives to DTE Energy after last week’s storms left more than 450,000 people without power. On Tuesday (Sept. 8), council members voted unanimously to direct its legislative policy division to identify what other Michigan municipalit...
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Nearly half of Michigan voters support revising state constitution, poll shows
Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about the upcoming November general election. A poll conducted by WDIV/Detroit News asked Michigan voters from across the state about their opinions on various topics in the 2026 general election. One question asked whethe...
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Poll: Do Michigan voters support stricter political campaign finance rules?
Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about the upcoming November general election. A poll conducted by WDIV/Detroit News asked Michigan voters from across the state about their opinions on various topics in the 2026 general election. One question asked if Mic...
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Fifth Third Bank customers frustrated by Comerica merger transition issues
Some Comerica customers are venting frustration after officially transitioning to Fifth Third Bank — reporting login issues, long hold times, and hours spent trying to sort out their accounts. The branch switchover became official this week, and while many customers have had a sm...