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Michigan Lottery Daily 3, Daily 4 results for July 9…

Michigan Lottery Daily 3, Daily 4 results for July 9…

The Michigan Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 9, 2025, results for each game: Winning Daily 3 numbers from July 9 drawing Midday: 1-7-9 Evening: 6-0-0 Check Daily 3 payouts and previous drawings...

Michigan State Police seeks public votes in national cruiser contest

Michigan State Police seeks public votes in national cruiser contest

Voting is now open as the Michigan State Police joins departments across America in showcasing their best patrol vehicles NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE *************************** The Michigan State Police (MSP) are competing in the American...

Michigan doctors urge vaccination as measles cases hit national record

Michigan doctors urge vaccination as measles cases hit national record

“There's some confusion and changes going on in the federal level when it comes to vaccine recommendations, but the state of Michigan is holding firm to following evidence-based strong, data-supported recommendations to keep our kids and...

Detroit Evening Report: A MichMash lookahead; Detroit eases business licensing + more

Detroit Evening Report: A MichMash lookahead; Detroit eases business licensing + more

This week on WDET’s Michigan politics podcast MichMash, Craig Mauger and Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News join the show to discuss the criminal investigation into Fay Beydoun. Beydoun, who served on the executive committee for the Michigan...

Detroit store employee, two customers injured in accidental shooting, police say

Detroit store employee, two customers injured in accidental shooting, police say

Employee, two customers injured in accidental shooting in Detroit Employee, two customers injured in accidental shooting in Detroit 01:50 Three people were injured in an accidental shooting Wednesday at Detroit's Eastern Market, according to...

Detroit’s restored Michigan Central Station leads the way for future mobility

Detroit’s restored Michigan Central Station leads the way for future mobility

Michigan Central Station, a renovated, historic train station that reopened in June 2024, serves as the centerpiece of a 30-acre mobility innovation district. (Photograph by Stephen McGee, courtesy of Michigan Central) By Robert L. Reid In...

Susan Collins Was Facing a Tough Re-Election Even Before Voting Against Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Susan Collins Was Facing a Tough Re-Election Even Before Voting Against Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. When someone crosses Donald Trump, the retribution tends to come fast and fierce. But when Sen. Susan Collins of Maine...

Trump's $1K government-funded investment account enters a crowded field

Trump's $1K government-funded investment account enters a crowded field

Starting in 2025, every American newborn will receive a $1,000 government-funded investment account. The Trump administration has said that the new accounts will "chart the path to prosperity for a generation of American kids," but experts are...

Twice-sunken Lake Michigan barge relocated after years of legal dispute

Twice-sunken Lake Michigan barge relocated after years of legal dispute

July 9, 2025 A years-long environmental saga has come to a close with the relocation of a barge that sank multiple times in Lake Michigan, according to an announcement by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. A years-long environmental saga has...

Sustainability advocates say 'big beautiful bill' could wipe out clean energy projects in Michigan

Sustainability advocates say 'big beautiful bill' could wipe out clean energy projects in Michigan

Clean energy advocates say the "one big beautiful bill," now law, could wipe out clean energy projects, hitting Michigan harder than other states. The new law could significantly impact Michigan, which was the top state for winning Inflation...

Suspect shot by law enforcement following pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

Suspect shot by law enforcement following pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

Officers were wearing body-worn cameras when the shooting occurred, according to officials, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating. FRAZEE, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCA) is investigating...

Mackinac Bridge fuels Michigan economy with $193 million impact annually

Mackinac Bridge fuels Michigan economy with $193 million impact annually

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— The Mackinac Bridge, a major tourist attraction in Michigan, draws approximately 2 million non-local visitors each year, with a third coming from out of state. At the annual meeting of bridge authorities on...

WATCH: Michigan Deputy Ambushed by Gunfire on Bodycam

WATCH: Michigan Deputy Ambushed by Gunfire on Bodycam

If you've ever wondered what police officers in Michigan risk every time they put on the uniform, this terrifying real-life encounter offers a sobering glimpse. It’s a stark reminder that even a routine call can turn life-threatening in an...

Supreme Court rules on Florida's immigration law, Texas flood recovery efforts continue and Rays' Caminero picked for All-Star Game

Supreme Court rules on Florida's immigration law, Texas flood recovery efforts continue and Rays' Caminero picked for All-Star Game

Good evening, Tampa Bay. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook. Your Weather Planner Thursday will be partly sunny and hot. We have a west wind 5 to 10 mph. High temperatures...

Fe, a record-setting Michigan loon, births ‘downy fluffballs’ No. 43 and 44

Fe, a record-setting Michigan loon, births ‘downy fluffballs’ No. 43 and 44

Her latest milestone was confirmed by Damon McCormick of Common Coast Research & Conservation and announced by Seney on Sunday. McCormick has documented Fe’s nesting activity for years. “In Fe’s second nesting attempt this season, on Wednesday and...

Michigan lawmakers and Governor Whitmer still can’t come to a deal to ‘fix the damn roads’

Michigan lawmakers and Governor Whitmer still can’t come to a deal to ‘fix the damn roads’

Road funding. It’s Michigan. So we must be talking, yet again, about road funding. It’s not the first time - or likely the last - that we will report that Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the state Legislature have failed to come up with a plan to...

Callie Barr announces candidacy for Michigan’s 1st Congressional District

Callie Barr announces candidacy for Michigan’s 1st Congressional District

UPPER MICHIGAN (WLUC) - Callie Barr has announced she will once again be running to represent Michigan’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives next year. According to Balletopedia, the Democrat will be running against...

Mackinac Bridge generates $193 million annually for Michigan economy, new study finds

Mackinac Bridge generates $193 million annually for Michigan economy, new study finds

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (WILX) -The Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) has accepted an economic impact study revealing that the bridge’s operations, tourism, and events contribute an estimated $193 million annually to Michigan’s economy. Conducted by...

2021 building code implementation delayed in Michigan

2021 building code implementation delayed in Michigan

UPPER MICHIGAN (WLUC) - An update to Michigan’s building code has been delayed. The 2021 Building Code has been praised for its environmental benefits. However, the Home Builders Association of Michigan, who filed the lawsuit which led to the...

Northern Michigan man who beat mother, 95, to death is sentenced to prison

Northern Michigan man who beat mother, 95, to death is sentenced to prison

ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI — A Northern Michigan man who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the death of his mother was sentenced Tuesday. John Miko, 62, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 8, to serve between 19 and 29 years in prison on a charge...

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