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Michigan Honey Festival Saturday in Imlay City

The first annual Michigan Honey Festival will take place this Saturday, July 28th at the Eastern Michigan Fairgrounds in Imlay City.  Come enjoy a day of food, fun and education.  You'll learn a lot of the good things that bees do for us.

 

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Ambassador Bridge Reopens Following Bomb Threat

Traffic was allowed to travel the Ambassador Bridge around 1:00am this morning after it was closed for hours due to a bomb threat.

A man in Detroit called in the threat about 7:15 p.m., saying "There is a bomb at the Ambassador Bridge scheduled to go off in 10 minutes," according to officials.

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Pair of West Michigan Girls Produce Duct Tape Creations for a Cause

You've probably heard that most of life's problems can be solved with either duct tape or WD-40. Well two six-year-old West Michigan girls have turned duct tape into a business, and are donating profits from their backyard-business to a good cause.

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Local Restaurants Use Bridge Cards To Purchase Food

Local law enforcement has issued a warning that isn't needed for a sane person with an ounce of common sense:  Don't buy or sell bridge cards illegally!

This comes after three people in Flint have been busted for food stamp fraud.

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Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago? [POLL]

If you listen to the news or read polls, you're most likely a little confused. Most polls are national and don't really reflect the true nature of things locally.

So I figured we could do our own people poll. Are you game? It's easy to take and requires no special skills and one other thing, it's free.

Are you better off now than you were four years ago? So far, half of our listeners say they're actually doing better, while half are doing worse (and Steph even chimed in with her own observation about joining Rod on the Cars 108 morning show). Take the poll after the jump.

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Stray Cat Interupts Grand Rapids’ Reporter’s On Air Broadcast [Video]

Part of the fun of being on the radio or television is that you are live, and that sometimes the unexpected can happen at any moment....unexpectedly! A television reporter from Grand Rapids had to contend with an uninvited guest during an on-air story tease. See what I mean after the jump.

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‘Walk Off The Earth’ Covers Gotye, Stops in Michigan [VIDEO]

Gotye's infectious hit 'Somebody That I Used To Know' is one of the most-covered songs on YouTube, and one of our most-requested songs on Cars 108. But Canadian group 'Walk Off The Earth' has chalked up millions of views with its unconventional, one-guitar version that I find really intriguing.

The five-piece group stops in Michigan this week, with an appearance at the Common Ground Festival in Lansing on Friday.

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Bay City Fireworks Delight Thousands [VIDEOS]

An estimated 300,000 people poured into Bay City for the 50th Anniversary of the fireworks celebration. The annual event is one of the nation's biggest. The culmination of the three-day festival was Saturday night, as 50,000 shells lit up the sky over the Saginaw River in 50 minutes.

We've pored through dozens of YouTube videos, and found some of the best.

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Blueberry Picking Season Opens Saturday at Blueberry Lane

The unusually warm weather has hurt many of the fruit crops in Michigan.  Blueberries haven't had that problem.  Blueberry pickin' season opens a couple of weeks early at Blueberry Lane Farms in Otter Lake (just a short 15 minute drive north of Davison).

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Family Dog Saves West Michigan Toddler

A 14-month-old Michigan boy is alive today after nearly drowning the family's pool. The hero that saved the boy is Bear, the family's black Labrador Retriever.

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Talking Urinal Cake is Michigan's latest weapon in the fight against drunk driving
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Michigan Fights Drunk Driving with Talking Urinal Cakes [AUDIO]

News has been trickling in this weekend about Michigan's latest weapon in the fight against drunk driving - talking urinal cakes.  My first thought, "I hope these things don't say anything too judgmental, or insulting."

Aim past the break for audio, a suggestion for a better name, and a few bad puns.

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Flint’s Serial Stabber Behind Bars For Life

The man who had the city of Flint on edge during the Summer of 2010, received his sentence yesterday following the trial involving the death of Arnold Minor.

35-year-old Elias Abuelazam will spend the rest of his life behind bars with no possibility of parole.

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