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February 17, 2021 A fire this morning forced a Howell-area family to flee into the frigid temperatures. The Howell Area Fire Department reports that they responded to a fire at about 4:30am at a one-story home in the 5000 block of Layton Road in Howell Township. Upon arrival, firefighters found the attached garage fully involved with fire while flames extended into the home. The family was home asleep and alerted by working smoke detectors, which helped them exit safely. Th...

Parler is back up and running. I got the update from one of our radio listeners early Monday morning. After fiddling around with the app update, and then trying to login just on the website version- I got it up and running. You can find me on Parler @aaronflint Heres one of the first stories I shared after Parler got back up and running: a flashback to the Pearl Jam poster for Sen. Jon Testers (D-MT) campaign in 2018 that featured a burning White House and a dead President Trump. Courtesy Jon K...

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Another child bitten by coyote in Moraga, police say FacebookTwitterEmail A female coyote that has been tagged and collared sits in a vehicle pullout where wildlife biologists have been conducting a study of coyotes that populate the area of the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Sausalito, Calif., on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Seven local coyotes have been captured, tagged and collared so biologists can learn from their activity in the open space of the headlands...

February 24, 2021 A free COVID-19 mask giveaway is planned for later this week in Howell. The Area Agency on Aging 1-B will be holding a drive-up facemask distribution event from noon to 2pm this Friday, February 26th at the Howell Senior Center, 925 W. Grand River Avenue. The agency has approximately 2,000 KN95 masks to give away at the event, which will be available to those 60 and older. Communications Manager Kathleen Yanik tells WHMI that family members may also pick u...

February 13, 2021 COVID-19 vaccines will be the focus of an informational webinar planned for next week. The webinar is hosted by the Livingston County Chamber Alliance, which consists of the Greater Brighton, Howell Area, and Hartland Area Chambers of Commerce. It will be held next Friday, February 19th at noon and will feature Dr. Varsha Moudgal - St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer and Infectious Disease Expert. Moudgal is expected to shar...

February 12, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A weeklong friendly rivalry between classrooms has turned into a big win in the fight against homelessness, as students at St. Patrick School in Brighton raised more than $10,000 for the Severe Weather Network, an organization that shelters homeless adults in Livingston County. As part of the celebration of Catholic Schools Week, the students were challenged to “Penny Wars” - in which each grade collected ...

February 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Sentencing has been handed down to a man who admitted to cashing fraudulent bottle return slips worth nearly $1,000. 40-year old Eric Lowman of Oceola Township was charged last year, along with 38-year old Shane Whiteman of New Hudson, of carrying out a scheme involving cashing fake bottle return slips on several occasions at the Fowlerville Walmart. In August, Lowman entered a plea deal with prosecutors, waiving hi...

February 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A motion has been filed to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an environmental activist against the company that installed a controversial natural gas pipeline through Livingston County. The suit was filed last October in U.S. District Court in Detroit by Michigan resident Matthew Borke against Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the ET Rover pipeline, and its Chairman Kelcy Warren. The company’s...

February 11, 2021 The City of Linden is moving toward providing a Fenton Township property with water service. On Monday, Linden City Council considered a proposal from DMK Development to connect their planned assisted living facility on Silver Lake Road to the city’s water system. The Tri-County Times reports that a meeting with DMK is set this week to discuss the proposal. The 8.26-acre parcel where the facility would be built was granted rezoning last month by the Fe...