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CBS News
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Where to view 4th of July fireworks in Metro Detroit and Michigan in 2025
The Fourth of July is around the corner, and many Michiganders are wondering where they can celebrate this year. Listed below are the many celebrations and festivals happening in Michigan. Howell Michigan Challenge Balloonfest Date: June 27-29 at 2-10 p.m.; fireworks at dusk Location: 1200 W Grand River Ave., Howell St. Clair Shores Fireworks Extravaganza Date: June 27 at 9:30 p.m. Location: 32400 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores Shelby Township Huron-Clinton Metroparks Fireworks in Stoney Creek Date: June 27 at 10:05 p.m. Location: 4300 Main Park Rd., Shelby Township Traverse City National Cherry Festival Date: June 28-July 5 times vary; fireworks July 4 and 5 at 10:30 p.m. Location: 521 S Union St., Traverse City Taylor Taylor Summer Festival Date: June 26-29 times vary; fireworks are on June 28 at dusk Location: Heritage Park, 12111 Pardee Rd, Taylor Highland Red, White & Blues Festival Date: June 28 at 5-11 p.m.; fireworks at 10 p.m. Location: 305 N. John St., Highland White Lake White Lake Fireworks Date: June 28 at dusk Location: Over White Lake - Southern Lake Drive Milford Fireworks at Kensington Metropark Date: June 28 at 10 p.m.; fireworks at 10:10 p.m. Location: 4570 Huron River Parkway, Milford Livonia Livonia Spree Festival Date: June 29, times vary; fireworks at 10:15 pm Location: 33841 Lyndon St., Livonia Pontiac Cars Under the Stars Date: June 29 at 6:30 p.m.; fireworks at 9:45 p.m. Location: M1 Concourse, 45399 Woodward Ave., Pontiac New Boston Fireworks at Willow Metropark Date: June 29 at 6 p.m.; fireworks at 10 p.m. Location: 23200 S Huron Rd., New Boston Madison Heights The Madison Heights Festival in the Park Date: June 29 at 6-10:30 p.m.; fireworks at 10 p.m. Location: Civic Center Park, Madison Heights Bedford Township Bedford Township Fireworks Date: June 27 at dusk Location: Bedford High School football stadium Luna Pier Luna Pier Freedom Festival Date: June 28 at dusk Location: Luna Pier city beach Gibraltar Gibraltar Fourth of July Celebration Date: July 4 at dusk Location: Gibraltar Community Center Dearborn Salute to America Festival Date: July 2-5 at 5-10 p.m.; fireworks at dusk Location: Greenfield Village, Dearborn Battle Creek Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival Date: July 2-5 times vary; fireworks at 10:30 p.m. on July 2 and 4 Location: 15551 S Airport Rd., Battle Creek Gaylord Johannesburg 4th of July Celebration Date: July 3 at 8 p.m. Location: Downtown Johannesburg Bay City Bay City Festival Date: July 3-5; fireworks at 10:12 p.m. Location: Veterans Memorial Park and Wenonah Park Clawson Clawson Fireworks Date: July 4 at 10 p.m. Location: Clawson City Park Muskegon Heritage Landing 4th of July Fireworks Date: July 4 at 8-11 p.m.; fireworks at 10:20 p.m. Location:1051 7th St., Muskegon Petoskey Petoskey 4th of July Parade Date: July 4; fireworks at 10:30 p.m. Location: Bayfront Park Woodhaven Uncle Sam Jam Festival Date: July 10-13; fireworks July 11 at 10 p.m. Location: Civic Center Park in Woodhaven
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
AmeriCorps cuts hit northern Michigan environmental work
Nick Panicola helps conduct a waste audit of the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City in July 2024 as part of his position as a MI Healthy Climate Corps member. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News) Until last month, Nick Panicola was working at two environmental nonprofits in northern Michigan. His jobs at SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers and Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology ranged from organizing educational events to community composting. That included developing 'a food recycling network in the area, which we just launched a few weeks ago.' He held the positions through AmeriCorps. Then came a stop work order from the Michigan Community Service Commission at the end of April. AmeriCorps provides paid community service jobs that span a wide range of fields, from disaster recovery to education, generally through temporary, low-paying positions. In April, the agency placed most of its staff on leave. The Trump administration also ended around $400 million dollars in funding for AmeriCorps grants. That was a big chunk of the program's roughly billion-dollar budget, which effectively ended over 32,000 positions. And almost instantly, those cuts were felt in communities across the country. In Michigan, more than $15 million in funding was cancelled. That means nearly 700 people across dozens of organizations won't receive the rest of their stipends, education awards and other benefits, according to the state Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, or LEO. The state was expecting a National Civilian Community Corps team to assist with ice storm recovery. But that program was terminated. Grants were canceled for MI Healthy Climate Corps, an AmeriCorps program that funded positions — like Panicola's — at local governments and other organizations to further the state's climate goals. In northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, the program provided staff members to several organizations, including the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, the Marquette County Planning Division, and Northern Michigan University. At the state's Office of Rural Prosperity, a Climate Corps member worked with rural communities to take advantage of revenue from renewable energy, among other duties, according to Erica Quealy, LEO's deputy communications director. In an email to IPR, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly wrote that 'Americorps has failed eight consecutive audits and identified over $45 million in improper payments in 2024 alone. President Trump is restoring accountability to the entire Executive Branch.' The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General's 2024 audit found that independent auditors found multiple issues but that the agency 'took appropriate actions' to address some of the recommendations from the previous year. AmeriCorps didn't respond to a request for comment on Thursday afternoon. The agency has also reported that its environmental programs pay for themselves many times over, with high returns on investment. At the end of April, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined other states in a lawsuit challenging the cuts as unlawful. A group of community organizations and grant recipients from across the country filed a separate lawsuit earlier this month. The White House did not address IPR's questions about how AmeriCorps work should be completed moving forward or the legality of the cuts. Applications for the third cohort of MI Healthy Climate Corps members were still open on the website of the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, or EGLE, as of Thursday afternoon. In an email, EGLE spokesperson Jeff Johnston wrote that the initiative supports Michigan's leading clean energy job growth, 'which currently accounts for over 127,000 jobs and is expanding rapidly,' along with areas like public transit and waste reduction. Johnston said the department was 'disappointed' in the Trump administration's cuts, adding that the department hopes there will be an outcome that allows the program to continue. In the meantime, those who were told to stop work are waiting — with little information about what's next and bills to pay. 'I think we all have to figure out how we're going to make that work in this time period,' said Panicola, who was in the midst of his term with SEEDS and Crosshatch. 'And I think for a lot of us, that might just be in exiting the program and finding a full time job, hopefully within the same framework of what we cared about and what we were doing before.'
