Katie Birecki

Cadillac

Reporter at WWTV-TV (Cadillac, MI)

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Crafting with Katy: Hand-made Easter Bunny

2 weeks ago | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer
Crafting with Katy: Embroidering a hat

1 month ago | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer
Crafting with the Katies: Embroidering a sweatshirt

1 month ago | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer
Crafting with the Katies: Embroidering a hot glue design on a sweatshirt

2 months ago | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer

The Katies are back with another craft that’s perfect for any old sweatshirts you have lying around that you want to spruce up!A sweatshirt (t-shirts work too!)Hot glue gun and hot glueEmbroidery thread and needleStep one: If you want to have a template for your design, go ahead and make that with a piece of cardboard or paper. Otherwise, you can freehand whatever you’d like on your sweatshirt with your hot glue gun. Step two: Wait for the glue to dry completely.
Crafting with the Katies: Making a felt pennant!

2 months ago | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer

The Katies are back with a fun craft to help you cheer on your favorite team – no matter what sport you’re watching. For this project, you’ll need:Felt in your team’s colorsIron-on patchesScissorsHot glueRibbonsIron and ironing boardSharpieRulerOptional: wooden dowelStep one: Freehand, or use a ruler, to measure out a triangle for your pennant. Cut that out.
Crafting with the Katies: Personalize your own drink koozies for the Detroit Lions playoff run!

Jan 17, 2025 | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer

Go Lions! The Katies are so excited to see the Lions success this season, which has inspired their crafting! They’re DIY’ing some drink koozies, perfect for a watch party, tailgating, or enjoying the game at home! For this project, the Katies used: A Cricut Explore White drink koozies Blue puffy iron on vinyl A Cricut Easy Press Scissors A measuring tape A laptop to access the Cricut software Cricut accessories (standard grip mat, weeding tools) Step one: Take your tape measure and measure...
Fmr. President Donald Trump holds rally in Traverse City

Oct 25, 2024 | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki

10-25-2024 at 10:34:12 PM EDT| Updated 10-25-2024 at 10:34:23 PM EDTTRAVERSE CITY -- With just 11 days to go until the election, Former President Donald Trump was in Traverse City Friday night, rallying Northern Michigan’s support. It’s the former president’s first rally in the area since the days leading up to the 2020 election. The visit comes as Trump and Vice President Harris are polling neck-and-neck in Michigan.
Crafting with the Katies: Making some ghostly wall art with macrame!

Oct 21, 2024 | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer

The Katies have a spooky DIY perfect for the season: ghost macrame wall art. You only need a few items to make this adorably ghostly piece!For this project, you’ll need:A spool of white macrameScissorsHot glueRound cake boardBlack feltStep one: Take your round cake board and cut it in half. Step two: Start cutting your macrame into strips. We started cutting ours around 11-12″ long, but we made them longer as we built our ghost. Step three: Take one strip and fold it in half.
Crafting with the Katies: Sewing together a handbag!

Oct 21, 2024 | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Katy Bowyer

The Katies round out their bag crafts with something a little unique — sewing together a handbag!The Katies ordered a DIY bag from this website, which included all the supplies they needed to make a small crossbody bag. The order also came with a video tutorial, which showed clear instructions on the sewing technique and which pieces get sewn together.
Chippewa Co. 50th Circuit Court celebrates 10 years of Adult Drug Court and how it changes lives

Oct 15, 2024 | 9and10news.com | Katie Birecki |Jim LeHocky |Jim Lehocky

“Throughout my 20s I started getting in trouble, I started getting arrested for drug related crimes and I’d go to jail and I’d get out and I’d use again.”That’s the cycle 31-year-old Trevor Mounts was in for a decade. Mounts grew up on the Sault Ste. Marie Reservation. “My drug use started when I was about 14 years old,” said Trevor.