Colton Cichoracki

1 week ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Due to this Spring’s weather, Mid-Michigan is seeing a quiet start to the mosquito season in 2025. Ed Walker, a professor and mosquito expert at Michigan State University, said there are two things that happened this Spring that prevented a large surge in mosquitos. “We’ve had a very slow start to our spring mosquito season,” he said.

3 weeks ago | wilx.com | Colton Cichoracki

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The News 10 First Alert Weather Team has declared Thursday and early Friday First Alert Weather Days due to poor air quality that is being caused by wildfire smoke. As of Thursday morning, wildfire smoke has led to unhealthy levels of pollutants in the air. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has declared an Air Quality Advisory until noon Friday for Mid-Michigan.

4 weeks 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.

1 month 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.