A 50-year-old IT worker at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes was arrested Monday after being accused of touching, texting, making lewd comments and giving candy to students at the K-8 school, according to authorities. Martin Zaretsky was arrested Monday at a Miami-Dade County Public Schools facility in Doral, his arrest report shows. The […]
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‘The first stab at accountability:’ Northern Lakes leader gives statusto county commissioners
Apr. 5—TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority’s interim CEO credited a former law enforcement officer with cleaning up the organization’s recipient rights department, while acknowledging the number of substantiated complaints exceed a goal set last year for the authority. A former Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office sergeant, Brian Newcomb, was hired in […]
Did the rain in Dallas-Fort Worth Sunday fill up local lakes? This map shows by how much
A line of storms that rolled through Dallas-Fort Worth over the weekend dumped 1.03 inches of rain overnight Sunday, National Weather Service data shows. Rain fell continuously for hours overnight Sunday until drier air moved into the area early Monday, according to the NWS. “Expect a line of storms to move from west to east […]
Northern Lakes to exit $10 million Medicaid waiver program
Mar. 23—TRAVERSE CITY — Board members of the region’s largest mental health organization voted unanimously to notify the state they plan to exit a $10 million Medicaid program, following an urgent recommendation by an outside consultant. Richard Carpenter of the Rehmann Group said the Mi Choice Waiver Program, which aims to help older or disabled […]
Steps to restore Red Lake’s tribal boundaries lead to opposition, concerns
Mar. 21—WASKISH, Minn. — Efforts to restore tribal boundaries to include the entirety of Upper Red Lake have gained some traction in the Minnesota State Legislature recently, but such plans won’t go without opposition. One bill, House File 4780 and its companion Senate File 5080 would transfer all state-owned land and real property within 84,105 […]
Mike Lindell’s and Kari Lake’s ‘explosive’ new evidence of election skullduggery goes pffft
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem continue their quest to outlaw Arizona’s vote counting machines, telling the U.S. Supreme Court they have “new evidence” that merits a “do-over” hand recount of the 2022 election. All week long, MyPillowCEO Mike Lindell, who is underwriting their lawsuit, has been claiming to have found “the most explosive evidence ever!”. […]
Green algae blooms in Austin lakes and creeks; city warns to stay cautious
AUSTIN, Texas – In 2019, a toxic blue-green algae bloom sickened and killed several dogs in Austin. It’s returned every year since, never really leaving the minds of dog owners. “I know this area can sometimes have algae in the area, and those are the days I usually avoid coming,” said Abe Parbataneni, a dog […]
A lack of ice is reshaping winter life around the Great Lakes
Much of the Great Lakes region — known for frigid winter temperatures, icy lakes and snow-covered forests — has looked bare almost all winter. Average ice cover is hovering at all-time lows for this time of year. Snowfall continues to lag well behind its usual marks. And long-range forecasts are calling for more unseasonable heat. Just 5.6% […]
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season’s planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks. The ski plane they study the wolves from uses the frozen lake as a landing strip because […]
Arizona Supreme Court rejects Kari Lake’s appeal in defamation case, lifts temporary stay
The Arizona Supreme Court said Tuesday it would lift a temporary stay in a defamation lawsuit against former gubernatorial and current U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake. The court chose to reject Lake’s appeal challenging Maricopa County Judge Jay Adleman’s December decision to allow the suit to go forward. The news comes after the Arizona Court of Appeals […]