The Keel

3 days ago | secondwavemedia.com | Genevieve Fox

What’s Happening: The Lake St. Clair Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) and St. Clair County Parks and Recreation Commission staff are hosting a workshop to teach the community how to build a Spotted Lanternfly circle trap. The event will also teach participants how to use the trap, as well as prevent, monitor, and report the invasive insect. When: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.Where: Goodells County Park’s Community Center at 8345 County Park Dr. in Goodells.

1 week ago | secondwavemedia.com | MJ Galbraith

The multiplex in Sterling Heights is no stranger to excitement; it sustains it. With 30 screens, as well as being site to one of the few IMAX locations in the state, the AMC Forum 30 is well-versed in how to show its guests a good time. They’ve been doing it since their grand opening at the tail end of the 20th century, drawing guests from not only Sterling Heights and its neighbors but from all over the metro Detroit region – and often beyond.

1 week ago | secondwavemedia.com | Brice Burge

What's happening: One of the Upper Peninsula’s largest Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) has been sold to a growing out-of-state advisement group. Mommaerts-Mahaney Financial Services was obtained by Omaha-based Carson Group, shifting control of more than $314 million in client assets to the quickly growing RIA. Carson Group grows to over $41 billion in assets, including recent acquisitions across the Midwest in Chicago and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

1 week ago | secondwavemedia.com | Kahn Santori Davison

In 1998, a convicted rapist in Muro Lucano, Italy had his verdict overturned after the Supreme Court of Cassation ruled that since the survivors' jeans were very tight, she must have cooperated in the sexual assault. The reversal sparked global outrage and birthed Denim Day, a day in which women all over the world wear denim to bring attention and awareness to sexual violence. Acknowledging Denim Day, the SASHA Center in Detroit will host its own Denim Day on April 30, 2025.

1 week ago | secondwavemedia.com | Estelle Slootmaker

When Michigan’s child welfare system assumes responsibility for a child — whether they are waiting for adoption or foster care or they are experiencing abuse or neglect — ensuring that the receive the right mental health care is essential.   Robert Sheehan“Kids in the child welfare system have experienced trauma, sometimes repeated or chronic trauma,” says Robert Sheehan, CEO, Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA).