Colton Cichoracki

1 week ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The state of Michigan is off to a fast start in its annual tornado count and has already cracked the top 10 of most tornadoes in a single year. The National Weather Service has confirmed a total of 28 tornadoes in Michigan. All of these have happened in the lower peninsula and have been rated an EF1 or EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

3 weeks ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

MASON, Mich. (WILX) - After a recent round of severe storms that happened at night in Mid-Michigan, emergency management officials are sharing tips on how to stay safe with overnight storms. Rob Dale, with Ingham County Emergency Management, said that overnight storms are especially dangerous because they happen while it is dark out. “Most people go to bed before these arrive and it’s harder to alert you whether it’s by phone, by text message, our siren system,” said Dale.

1 month ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun work to remove a shoal that was discovered at the entrance to Holland Harbor. A shoal is created when waves carry and deposit sediment that collects on the bottom of the lake. Shoals then impact the depth of the water where ships can sail. “There’s 19,000 cubic yards that need to be dredged out of the outer harbor of Holland so that commercial traffic can enter,” said Brandon Hubbard with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

1 month ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (WILX) - Community members are hard at work to expand and grow a forest garden in Charlotte that will help produce food for those in need. The Charlotte Forest Garden is located on the north side of town and work began to create the garden in 2024. “The idea is to both provide free food to the community as well as creating wildlife habitat,” said Valerie Reisen, the environmental outreach coordinator or Eaton Conservation District.

2 months ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Due to recent cuts by the federal government, the National Weather Service has had to scale down weather balloon launches at several offices around the country. Weather balloons carry an instrument called a radiosonde and these are launched twice a day at dozens of National Weather Service offices across the United States.