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WWJ reporters Mike Campbell and Pat Sweeting snapped several photos while covering the Ford Arts, Beats & Eats Festival in Royal Oak.

WWJ Newsradio’s Mike Campbell spoke with Arts, Beats, and Eats Organizer, Johnathan Witz on the first run of the long running festival in the city of Royal Oak from the previous home of Pontiac.

WWJ’s Ron Dewey took several photos while covering the 2010 Labor Day parade in downtown Detroit.

Hyundia helps raise money for children with cancer.

Thousands of people have turned out for the Ford Arts, Beats & Eats festival that is set up in Royal Oak for the first time this year. Now in its 13th year, the popular summer festival is drawing Michiganders by the thousands to its new venue, Royal Oak’s trendy downtown. Festival producer Jon Witz said the [...]

Governor Granholm was joined by about 42,000 people making the annual Labor Day trek across the Mackinac Bridge. Granholm and her husband, Dan Mulhern, were among 400 runners crossing the five-mile bridge linking Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. Granholm has run across every year since 2003 except in 2009, when she walked with Canadian relatives. [...]

Labor Day generally signals the end of summer and the start of the fall political season, and the two men running for Michigan governor are launching what are expected to be tough-talking and expensive general election campaigns. More is on the line than Republican Rick Snyder and Democrat Virg Bernero’s personal ambitions to lead the [...]

A hurricane watch has been issued for the coasts of Texas and Mexico in the Gulf as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches. The hurricane watch issued Monday covers the area from Rio San Fernando, Mexico, northward to Baffin Bay in Texas.  Hermine’s maximum sustained winds have increased. Additional strengthening is expected and the storm could approach [...]

While many people are enjoying this Labor Day Holiday, millions of others are hoping to find a way to use their labor more productively by getting back to work.   Joining WWJ Newsradio’s Greg Bowman today to talk about labor day is U.S. Labor Secretary Hilida Solis (so-LEASE)

Fire crews in West Michigan rushed Monday morning to put out a fire involving a small plane that crashed in a cornfield in Caledonia, southeast of Grand Rapids. Crews on the scene say all onboard escaped and there were no major injuries. The accident was reported just before 9:00 Monday morning. Firefighters responded to the scene [...]