Your Sunday morning briefing on what’s coming in mid-Michigan and why it matters. Each week, our newsroom highlights the key stories, civic decisions and community moments shaping the days ahead.
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WKAR will present TV, radio, and online coverage of Governor Gretchen Whitmer‘s final State of the State address live from the Michigan House Chambers. Wed, Feb. 25, at 7pm ET
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Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture puts Michigan’s farm real estate value at about $6,800 per acre in 2025, a 7.8% increase from 2024. It was the highest increase in the country.
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SEMCOGBills introduced in the state House, with bipartisan support, would preempt local decision-making on some zoning issues, including multi-unit housing like duplexes, lot sizes, and dwelling sizes. -
Serhii Korovayny (Ukraine: War and Resistance)/Fulbright Ukraine & Institute of International Education Kyiv OfficeA travelling photograph exhibition documenting the war in Ukraine is opening at Michigan State University on the anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion.
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On this day in 1779, British military governor Henry Hamilton surrendered Detroit to American Colonel George Rogers Clark, leading to the British ceding land west of the Appalachians. In 1861, Albion College was authorized to confer 4-year degrees on men and women, becoming one of the first coed colleges in the Midwest. And in 2018, rare blue ice formed in the Great Lakes, a phenomenon usually seen only in the Arctic.
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"Synthetic Sirens" is on display at the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum through mid-July.
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