COLDWATER — More than 200 people filled the Four Corners Park in Coldwater for two hours Saturday morning to express concerns and outrage against actions by President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency The "Hands Off" demonstrators filled all four corners at the U.S 12 Marshall/Division Street intersection with signs supporting programs and services that were cut or considered for elimination or reduction One man held a sign supporting the National Weather Service on one side and Planned Parenthood on the other Samara Dietz moved to Coldwater from Illinois "I'm here because I believe we're at a crossroads in our country and I think that more people that stand up we will take the right path."   Some urged that the administration not end the Department of Education Branch County Democratic Party Chair Anita Hoyt told the crowd there are no separate interests "The focus we need to keep that if it's not okay for your family member Few passing motorists made obscene gestures or yelled comments—more honked horns in response to signs for support The crowd chanted "Hands off," urged on from the sound system A school psychologist held a sign that said The demonstration was not billed as anti-Trump Anita Ledesm from Coldwater said Trump has been America's biggest failure joined those in Coldwater after attending a Lansing protest I'm looking forward to the midterms (elections)."  Some participants came from Hillsdale County Leaders from the April Sturgis Rally came with a banner that they displayed there Subscribe Follow this story. Subscribe to the Coldwater Reporter The group plans for more rallies and demonstrations in the coming months in a county that voted over 70% for Trump in 2024 "We'll continue as long as we have to," Hoyt said Contact Don Reid dReid@Gannett.com   A 31-year-old Coldwater mother was arrested on April 30 Cynthia Foster was arrested and lodged on child abuse charges — A Coldwater mother was arrested for child abuse charges 31-year-old Cynthia Foster was arrested on charges of Child Abuse involving her 4-month-old son the Coldwater Police Department responded to Balfour Drive in Coldwater for a reported child abuse complaint officers learned that the child's parents had been arguing The child's father told officers that during the argument Foster had picked up the 4-month-old and slammed him down on her lap twice Officers observed red marks on the boy's torso consistent with someone grabbing the child under the armpits along with an outstanding Child Support warrant The child was taken an area hospital for a medical evaluation Foster was charged by the Branch County Prosecutor’s Office with one count of Child Abuse –3rd Degree An official website of the United States government JavaScript appears to be disabled on this computer. Please click here to see any active alerts Cold water refuges are areas that are colder than the main river temperature Adult salmon and steelhead temporarily use these refuges to escape warm summer river temperatures and help them successfully migrate up the Columbia River to their spawning grounds These areas serve an increasingly important role to some salmon and steelhead species because the lower Columbia River has warmed over the past 50 years and will likely continue to warm in the future Protecting and restoring cold water refuges is important for the survival of migrating salmon and the recovery of salmon populations EPA's Columbia River Cold Water Refuges Plan focuses on the lower 325 miles of the Columbia River from the Snake River to the ocean (see map) The plan is a scientific document with recommendations to protect and restore cold water refuges including valuable input from contributing parties on an October 2019 draft version For questions or more information, please contact Jenny Wu (wu.jennifer@epa.gov) — Branch Intermediate School District high school students enrolled in the Branch Area Career Center's welding program were honored at a dedication of their Arbor Day sculpture Wednesday morning and Pansophia schools were joined by Coldwater's Mayor to see the final project in it's permanent home at the Four Corners Park in the center of town has inspired many to pursue professional careers in the field following graduation "It's taller than what I expected Everybody can see it now," Alex Carlisle said "even just today people were driving by It's just a really cool experience." was a part of an Arbor Day commemoration by the students "It's like a great opportunity to build connection with my classmates," Elizabeth Torres-Ojeda said a great way to show how hard we've been working in class for the past two years and just the effort that the students put in," COLDWATER—As the city council heads toward a new 2025-26 budget it faces only one problem: how to best spend $7 million for public works projects in the new fiscal year starting July 1 That funding includes $2 million from the city's fund balance saved through budgeting over the last 10 years as property values increased and $5 million in bonds for roads passed by voters last year Mayor Tom Kramer asked the council to tell city staff the priorities for spending the funds above what meets general needs for public services Most cities would die for these types of decisions to make," he said Infrastructure bond spending  City voters last November approved a $5.1 million infrastructure bond issue of 1.52 millage repayable over 11 years to fund repairs and reconstruction of public streets The consensus of council members was to use the money for street rebuilding City Manager Keith Baker listed the three projects that would receive a complete rebuild Finance Director Tom Eldridge projects that a budget to maintain services without new employees and just cost-of-living increases requires around $13 million Eldridge projects a fund balance of around $7 million Eldridge and the council felt comfortable sending $2 million of that savings Several community and Downtown Development Authority members expressed concern and desire Monday night to see the U.S A 2024 plan for enhancements along the U.S 12 corridor could encourage more residents to use downtown The city made its last corridor improvement in 1988 Council members settled on street maintenance from Clay to Jefferson streets plus some quality-of-life enhancements spending just over $2 million on the $4 million plan But I think $2 million to start and then take a hard look at some of these extra things."  Enhanced landscape and planters add $354,000 Council members suggested staff look into grants The council did not consider reconstruction of the last of the five downtown plazas a priority With only paving and re-striping for 30 years the city's estimated cost for the necessary rebuild is $1.7 million Since all the utilities to serve adjacent buildings need upgrades The council did not want to spend bond funds or more fund balance on the parking lot Also on the city manager's list of capital projects without funding:  Coldwater pledged its recreational marijuana excise tax revenue to rebuild Rotary Park With $1.4 million in work to be completed in fiscal year 2026 the city expects to have around $335,000 left Even if marijuana tax revenues drop to $500,000 a year from the current $750,000 Coldwater could expect $2.3 million by 2030 for capital projects Staff will put the final numbers in the proposed budget in May for June passage by the council after public hearings BRANCH COUNTY — County Democrats plan a "Hands Off" demonstration from 10 a.m Party Chair Anita Hoyt said the protest is not only for those in the Democratic Party but also for independents and even Republicans concerned about the cuts from the Trump administration "This is really against the policies that the Trump administration is taking towards everything and every family," she said Hoyt and others wanted a time for local residents to let Trump know there are people in conservative Branch County concerned about what the Department of Government Efficiency Hoyt said there is support for federal and other workers who lost jobs because of the DOGE actions "People are at risk of losing their homes because they lost their job for no better reason than a couple of rich guys think that's okay The organizers ask supporters to bring signs to tell Congress and the president that they don't want cuts in Medicare or farm subsidies that supply food pantries and programs for people The group made extra signs for those who do not bring their own Hoyt said many don't support the way Trump is handling the problems "You know our philosophy is that it wouldn't be okay if that happened to your family member Leaders held two training sessions on how to protest and avoid confrontations Subscribe Support local news. Subscribe to the Coldwater Reporter Hoyt said she reached out to Republicans to prevent any conflicts Susie Gaffney guides her 2016 Toyota Avalon through the subdivision’s twisting streets Memories come flooding back to her and to the man next to her and the Gaffneys are on a car tour of Florissant’s Wedgewood subdivision an enclave of tidy yards and one-story ranch houses the Gaffneys bought a house so he could be close to his parents This is where they began raising their family hugging the subdivision’s contours on its meandering 14-mile journey northeast from St Louis Lambert International Airport to the Missouri River Jim made great memories in the creek with a pair of neighbor boys the boys spent countless hours splashing around its knee-deep waters sliding down its muddy banks in the summer Those memories had long ago become a source of anxiety but it’s only been in recent years that Jim finally came to terms with the creek’s dark legacy — and long history of being dangerously contaminated with radioactive waste The waste leaked from thousands of corroding metal drums that the federal government had secretly stored upstream at a pair of landfills outside the airport beginning in the late 1940s The radioactive materials came from a factory in downtown St Louis that during World War II had enriched uranium for the first atomic bombs Susie wonders aloud how anyone could sell a house in their old neighborhood She glances at a row of ranch-style houses Coldwater Creek lies at the heart of one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S a catastrophe that over three generations likely afflicted many thousands of people across the breadth of the St He blames the creek’s radioactive waste for his Hodgkin's lymphoma a type of cancer that assaults the body’s lymph system and has suffered a range of ill effects from chemotherapy bone marrow cancer and squamous cell cancer an inflammatory reaction that could explain why it’s hard for him to breathe He’s also suffered heart failure and damage to his lungs and kidneys a rare cancer that disrupts hormone production and nerve signaling a retired sportswriter and corporate communications writer but he would come back often to visit his parents he’d hear stories of neighbors getting sick from cancer or other illnesses The creek’s link to the illnesses “was always in the back of my mind,” he says In the 1960s and '70s, the public had zero knowledge of the contamination fouling the creek, which flooded often and spread radioactive particles across parks, playgrounds, parking lots and basements, according to Kim Visintine, co-founder in 2011 of a Facebook page called Coldwater Creek — Just The Facts The contamination spread during a time of rapid growth in the region new schools and the prospect of good jobs at thriving factories run by Emerson Electric which had been awarded major contracts for NASA’s Apollo moonshot program “Everything was looking up back then,” Visintine says Do you want to buy a brand-new home for your family The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry found that people who played in Coldwater Creek — or just lived nearby — may have higher risks for cancers of the lungs did not estimate the number of people possibly sickened or killed by exposure to Coldwater Creek’s radioactive waste A big step toward finding an answer could come if a bill co-sponsored in late January by U.S Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt of Missouri becomes law That’s because reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would pay people suffering from certain illnesses and cancers in one of 20 Missouri ZIP codes up to $50,000 apiece if they’re still alive or $25,000 for their survivors if they aren’t Claimants don’t need to prove the radioactive waste caused their illnesses but they must show they lived in one of the eligible ZIP codes for two years after 1949 it would provide the first official headcount of people who allege they suffered harm from exposure to Coldwater Creek’s radioactive waste The last time any sort of comprehensive count of casualty figures from Coldwater Creek radiation was attempted was in 2015 That’s when Visintine and her collaborators devised a map filled with red dots — so many that they merged into red blobs The dots showed a close correlation between people who came down with serious illnesses and the proximity of their houses to the creek started the Facebook page in 2011 — five years after her son Zach died of an aggressive brain cancer diagnosed at birth she and her friends had been struck by how many fellow McCluer North High School alumni were getting sick or dying from rare cancers an automotive engineer who became a nurse practitioner notes that the 2015 survey numbers came from voluntary disclosures on the “Coldwater Creek — Just The Facts” Facebook page Visintine and her collaborators found more than 2,500 cases of cancer But Visintine believes the true number of people harmed by the radioactive waste “could be a lot bigger” and potentially in the “tens of thousands,” as new illnesses have manifested in the 10 years since the survey Susie Gaffney steers the Avalon into the parking lot of the shuttered Jana Elementary School whose spacious playing fields lead directly toward Coldwater Creek Susie steps briskly out of the Avalon and strides across a muddy field toward the creek he’s been using a portable oxygen machine to help him breathe when he walks more than a few steps The Hazelwood School District shut down the school in November 2022 after a private environmental consultant from Boston announced that the soil around the school contained dangerous levels of radioactive particles There had been news stories for years about cancer and other illnesses in the area But the announcement that Jana was closing was a lightbulb moment for the Gaffneys It finally provided them with an explanation — radioactive waste in the creek — for Jim’s debilitating illnesses going back four decades Jim points to the homes on the creek’s far bank The Army Corps of Engineers disputed the private consultant’s assessment the corps had completed a remediation project at Jana that included excavating nearly 20,000 cubic yards of dirt enough to fill eight Olympic-size swimming pools which began cleaning up contaminated sites in the St estimates that remediation of the Coldwater Creek area will cost $400 million though that figure is likely to climb as new properties are added to the cleanup list Susie walks to the edge of the land and spends a few minutes staring into the creek Then the Gaffneys drive toward their old house a short distance away in the 3100 block of Wintergreen Drive Coldwater Creek curls around the neighborhood one street over then flows along toward nearby Wedgewood Park “just fricking having fun because it was safe.” a type of cancer closely linked to radiation exposure radioactive iodine therapy and daily medications have helped keep him alive ever since knows a lot about cancer through her many years of caregiving for her husband and son “We had a huge base of friends,” Susie says “But we also had a huge base of sad news because people would call us all the time because they’d get diagnosed with something and just wanted some good advice from us.” the details of how Coldwater Creek became a vector for death and misery have been documented in voluminous detail thanks to the determined efforts of community activists and journalists That includes the revered St. Louis environmental activist Kay Drey, whose staunch opposition to nuclear power over the past 50 years led The Gateway Journalism Review to dub her “The Paul Revere of the Nuclear Age.” Determined to expose the full truth about Coldwater Creek Drey spearheaded a dogged seven-year battle using the federal Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents from the Atomic Energy Commission the Nuclear Regulatory Administration and the Environmental Protection Administration Drey passed a trove of more than 15,000 government documents to Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel the leading advocacy group for the victims of radiation exposure in the St The two women spent the next year analyzing and organizing the documents “Federal agencies knew of the potential human health risks of the creek contamination but repeatedly wrote them off as ‘slight,’ ‘minimal’ or ‘low-level,’" wrote Allison Kite “One engineering consultant's report from the 1970s incorrectly claimed that human contact with the creek was ‘rare.’” The story documents how the deadly saga began in the early 1940s in downtown St where the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works processed enriched uranium for the top-secret Manhattan Project then stored radioactive waste at sites near the St Trucks later hauled the waste to a site at Latty Avenue in suburban Hazelwood hundreds of truckloads of the dirt-like waste were also hauled to the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton The landfill was declared a federal toxic Superfund site in 1990 No official effort was made during this period of time — a span of more than 60 years — to warn residents who lived near Coldwater Creek of the waterway’s dangers The investigative stories about Coldwater Creek’s history made a huge impact on at least one reader the contaminated Missouri sites in a reauthorization of RECA Csolak and Fischer remain skeptical the government will ever make them whole “I don’t know if it’s possible,” Csolak says “It’s been such a major blow for so many families.” Fischer — whose sister died of breast cancer while a childhood friend who lived across the street from him died of bladder cancer — says it’s probably too late to expect justice ‘Let’s dump this shit and let’s go,’ Fischer says of federal authorities the Gaffneys have given up on the idea of receiving anything close to justice “But it probably won’t be sincere.” He says the $50,000 award per claimant under RECA isn’t even a “thimble in what we paid over our whole life,” but admits One of the biggest benefits of the legislation would be funding for community health screenings for people in the affected ZIP codes The screenings are key for early detection of cancers, says Nickel. She struggles with the autoimmune disease lupus, which at least one study has linked to exposure to uranium “We hear from people that they ration their care because it’s expensive and they don’t have the money,” Nickel says “A lot of people won’t get tested because if they do find something And even people who’ve had cancer won’t go back to get those rechecks because they’re not in a position to pay for additional treatment.” Coldwater Creek’s legacy continues to unfold in 2025 Environmental Protection Agency of a “high likelihood” of radioactive contamination in the smoldering West Lake Landfill The Missouri Department of Natural Resources asked the EPA to assume oversight of the adjacent Bridgeton Landfill the Army Corps announced that it would investigate an additional 600 properties covering 750 acres of land east of the bridge at James McDonnell Boulevard that crosses Coldwater Creek and leads to the Missouri River visited the Superfund site at the West Lake Landfill Then Hawley joined Zeldin for a walk along Coldwater Creek in Hazelwood Zeldin said that EPA budget cuts led by Trump adviser Elon Musk have sparked a reorganization, according to Spectrum News which he hopes will lead to more direct support for communities in need of cleanup “My commitment here now is that moving forward we'll have more people working on this than ever before," he said at a meeting at Bridgeton City Hall “This is about making sure that we have the ability to provide more assistance to this community and not less.” As Hawley and Zeldin walked along the creek at St Spectrum News wrote that Zeldin hinted that the money found through DOGE savings could give Hawley a bargaining chip to pass his bill Csolak underwent a six-week treatment for his bladder cancer His urologist recently injected an anti-tumor chemical into his bladder “And I have three months where I don’t do anything,” he says And he puts the camera into my bladder to see if anything’s grown back.” “I guess you feel kind of angry that this stuff has dragged on for so long,” he says “That’s a typical ploy by the government to cover their own rear ends and drag it out as much as possible.” “The bottom line is this should never have happened,” he says “And the fact that we had to wait 75 years for justice is ridiculous.” he says he wants to make the best of his time by spending his days with Susie He and his doctors are still trying to figure out why his oxygen levels are so low “I don’t go around whining about it,” he says he’s grateful just to wake up in the morning Mike Fitzgerald is a freelance journalist who can be reached at msfitzgerald2006@gmail.com. This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund, which seeks to advance local journalism in St. Louis. See rcjf.org for more info You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience The hopes for Coldwater Mountain in Anniston, Alabama, have been ambitious since the very beginning. In 2012, IMBA Trail Solutions drew up plans for 60 miles of trails at the site, with a goal of making Coldwater “into a world-class mountain biking destination over the next 3-5 years.” Thirteen years on, Coldwater Mountain boasts about 50 miles of singletrack and has just landed the first Leadville qualifying mountain bike race east of the Mississippi, dubbed the “Coldwater Trail.” Over a million dollars was invested in trails recently delivering a mix of new and improved singletrack with an eye toward moving the region from an IMBA Bronze-level Ride Center to Silver Since 2012, about $4M has been invested in the trails at Coldwater Mountain, according to Northeast Alabama Bicycle Association (NEABA) President Tom Nelson. Last year, the club received an Innovate Alabama grant for $1.1M, which is being used to construct new trails and rework some of the more popular, signature trails like Bomb Dog NEABA contracted professional trail builders from Rock Solid Trails and Anniston-based Flow Motion to complete the majority of the work with volunteers chipping in to handle the rest The most ambitious upgrade to Coldwater is the newly opened Southern Traverse trail intermediate-level singletrack connector that spans from one end of the property to the other The new bi-directional trail starts near the bottom of Bomb Dog and traverses the south side of Coldwater Mountain until it reaches the Oval Office trail But don’t let that fool you; this trail has plenty of ups and downs along the way the trail gains 985ft of elevation and drops 870ft overall (Coldwater boasts almost 1,000ft of vertical between the high and low points in the trail system.) Most will ride Southern Traverse to create a loop with existing trails like Chilhowhee Southern Traverse will “allow us to start connecting trails up to the top of the ridge,” Nelson told me “There’s a lot of property over there.” Riding all the trails at Coldwater Mountain today would easily clock 50+ miles with very little doubling back With fresh access to the south side of the property the original 60-mile trail vision is surely within striking distance The Flow Motion build team started at one end of the trail The two teams cut trail until they met in the middle the 8.5-mile trail was completed in less than nine months There wasn’t any signage when I rode the Southern Traverse trail on April 3 Massive bench cuts allow the trail to hug the sides of the mountain and the trail builders used large rocks to create optional features to keep things interesting The new trail corridor appears to be cut a bit wider than some of the existing trails at Coldwater and Nelson tells me that’s by design to make the system more race-friendly for passing it’s pretty common for a new trail corridor to shrink over time as vegetation returns and riders establish the preferred line the Southern Traverse trail is open to electric mountain bikes Signature trail Bomb Dog was among the first trails to open at Coldwater The blue trail is a must-ride for first-time visitors A portion of the $1.1M grant is being used to rebuild part of upper Bomb Dog including the iconic “berm with a view” as seen in the photo above The Baby Bear trail is also getting a major update which will turn it into a jump line that’s located close to the main trailhead parking lot as seen in the photo at the top of the story was not yet open to the public in early April To ensure the Coldwater Trail race runs smoothly a tunnel is being constructed at a crucial trail intersection The club plans to tackle this project on their own using volunteers to get the massive sectional culvert system in place and backfilled with dirt With these and other investments, Anniston is hoping to earn an IMBA Silver Ride Center designation. Birmingham, about an hour to the west, is working toward the same goal Local advocates are hoping to attract even more riders, and not just to Coldwater. There’s a jump track being built beside a baseball field in nearby Oxford, and the trails at McClellan regularly host high school mountain bike races for riders from all over the state. Once the Coldwater Trail race rolls into town in October, most, if not all, of these upgrades should be complete, making backers’ grand 2012 vision all but official: Anniston is finally a world-class mountain bike destination! Enter your email for the top stories in mountain biking, plus product picks and deals delivered to your inbox each week. COLDWATER, Mich. — DTE and Ford Motor Company broke ground on a new, 100-megawatt solar park in Coldwater called Cold Creek Solar Park. Ford expects to use the electricity produced by the park to power its Michigan facilities, assisting it in becoming 100% carbon-free. This is the second solar park project to take place in Branch County, as Sauk Solar Park in Union City went online in October. The project will help the company avoid as many as 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. "The electricity that is produced here basically will be a part of the electricity that powers the state of Michigan, and on the same ground, power our facilities as well," Amir Mirshahi, director of utilities and energy infrastructure of Ford Motor Company, said. Construction will begin on the project soon. DTE's Vice President of Renewable Energy Affairs, Joe Musallam, said at the groundbreaking ceremony that the project will create millions in tax revenue for Branch County. "This revenue can be used for schools, it can be used for roads, public works, police, and fire, whatever way the local municipality and officials see fit," Musallam said. Officials News Channel 3 spoke to Tuesday said they received little negative feedback about the solar park being placed on farm land in Coldwater at public hearings. Local farmers also said the project will be a good development for the area. "The people I've worked with, DTE, have been fantastic," Leon Knirk, a Quincy farmer, said. "They really try to look out for the ground and the people around it. I know that's a goal of theirs. I've seen it with the actions, with the people they've had around us." The project is expected to be completed in late 2026. The solar panels are expected to remain for 25 years before being removed, returning the land to its original form. The driver, an unidentified woman, was taken into custody after 12:30 p.m. while TV news helicopters broadcast the standoff live overhead. Video of the incident showed SWAT team members smash out the truck’s rear and driver’s side’s windows with a metal pole, then use the pole to drop canisters of gas inside the truck cab to try to force the driver out. After the first doses of gas, the woman kicked a passenger door open with her bare foot and briefly appeared, before closing the door and staying inside the truck. California A man was fatally shot by Anaheim police Wednesday night following a high-speed pursuit that ended with the suspect crashing on a bridge, authorities said. A third canister of gas appeared to do the trick, with the woman exiting the vehicle where she was met by about a half-dozen police officers. An LAPD spokesperson did not confirm what type of gas was used. The incident took place in the driveway of a home near the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Clawson Place about a half-mile south of Harvard Westlake School. Police had halted traffic in and around the school and neighborhood for more than two hours. L.A. police tried to pull over the vehicle about 1:30 a.m. near Hoover Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to BMO Stadium but the vehicle sped off. Los Angeles Police confirmed they received a call at 9:30 a.m. that a driver in a gray Toyota Tacoma was involved in a felony hit and run. Officers began a pursuit and laid out a spike strip at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Mulholland Drive that flattened at least one tire of the suspect’s vehicle at 10:06 a.m., according to the LAPD. Officers ordered her to stop but she continued. Along the way, police attempted a PIT maneuver to disable the truck and eventually boxed it in, with multiple flat tires, in front of the Studio City home. Police said the woman was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. A police spokesperson said the woman was likely using narcotics. Police pursuit ends in crash that kills one woman, injures others Nov. 24, 2024 Updates 5:02 p.m. April 25, 2025: Added details from an LAPD spokesperson. Andrew J. Campa is a member of the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times, having previously covered the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley. Before, he worked at several medium and small daily newspapers and has covered education, sports and general news. He’s a proud University of Alabama (#RollTide), Cal State Fullerton and Pasadena City College alumnus. World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map COLDWATER — More questions remain than answers about the status of Haitian immigrants in Branch County after President Trump revoked Temporary Protection Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States effective in August employs approximately 400 Haitians among the nearly 1,700 at the Coldwater pork processing plant Hughes attended a presentation by the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Kalamazoo office Saturday at Coldwater's Community Center Hughes said the Haitian workers are an important part of his workforce "We don't know exactly what's going to happen but we are working with every immigrant employee on various visa statuses trying to determine what their needs are and what their options are," he said Hughes said that losing that many employees would impact the plant's operation "These are people actually doing the day-to-day work."  Hughes said there would not be much impact if he missed a day at work "If team members who are working online don't show up The general manager said if these employees lost their legal status You can't take that many people out of an operation and expect to continue to operate efficiently."  Hughes praised the Haitians who came to Coldwater for the jobs He said they were responsible workers and capable employees "The people coming into the state are desperately trying to assimilate to American culture Clemens plans to start construction of a $150 million expansion of its Newton Road plant soon The expansion will add up to 400 more employees by fall 2026 Hughes said the loss of Haitian employees could impact plans to expand in the short term Legal aid from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center explained what rights immigrants The MIRC recommends that immigrants follow the law With more than 80 categories that allow for legal status individuals must sort out how they might be able to stay The United States granted Haitian Temporary Protection Status because of destruction from the country's 2010 earthquake then the lawlessness of Haiti after the November 2016 election followed by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7 Some Haitians hold H-2A visas that permit businesses to hire foreign labor when US workers aren't available or interested in open jobs 59% of farm laborers come from outside the country and approximately 45% of those in meat production are foreign-born Contact Don Reid: dReid@Gannett.com  STURGIS - The Coldwater girls basketball program has had a lot of success over the years Coldwater has won three straight district championships The Cardinals completed the three-peat as Coldwater defeated Battle Creek Central 44-31 in this Division 1 girls basketball district final at Sturgis High School on Friday MORE: Marshall boys win first regional title since 1998 watched my two older sisters win districts so I guess I have that over them," Coldwater senior Elli Foley said "I think it speaks to our program and the girls on this team There are six of us who have played together since we were in fifth grade and we knew we wanted to chase a goal like this we have to now go after our first regional win." Coldwater (16-8) advances to play Stevensville-Lakeshore (17-4) in a Division 1 regional at Portage Northern at 5:30 p.m Coldwater coach Ken Smoker decided not to put too much pressure on his team keeping the historical significance of this game a secret until gametime Never won three in a row before in the history of the program They didn't know before hand," Smoker said You don't win championships without talent we have a had a lot of talent come through here." It was a defensive battle much of the game as Coldwater first started to stretch its lead with a 3-pointer by Mya Porter to make it 23-16 with 2:00 left in the half The Cardinals were scoreless in the first seven minutes of the second half as BCC stayed in the game trailing 29-23 at end of the third quarter The Bearcats climbed to within a point on a 3-pointer by BCC's A'Mya Hodges at 29-28 a spurt by Coldwater on back-to-back layups by Rylie VanAken and Porter gave the Cardinals their first double-digit lead of the game at 39-28 with 2:00 remaining in regulation "I told them the defensive end is what is going to decide this game," Smoke said but we did a good job of slowing them down VanAken did a great job on their leading scorer Hodges." had 10 points in her final game for the Bearcats with Myliyah Mosley adding nine points couple more shots than we did," BCC coach Shikoko Cantrell said "But my girls played hard the whole game and I am proud of them." but it put the four-year varsity player over 1,000 points for her career "Nothing is possible without my teammates," Foley said "Whether or not I scored 1,000 points tonight the biggest thing was to win that district championship trophy Bill Broderick can be reached at bbroderi@battlecreekenquirer.com Life Time just dropped a big Autumn gift for endurance athletes in the Southeast—the Coldwater Trail MTB & Run Nestled in the growing Coldwater Mountain Trail System this event is more than just another trail race—it’s the latest qualifier for the Leadville Trail 100 MTB & Run bringing serious mountain bike and trail-running prestige to the region Coldwater Mountain is slowly becoming an outdoor destination Sitting on over 4,000 acres of prime Alabama backcountry this trail network has gone from a regional favorite to a full-blown bucket list spot for mountain bikers and trail runners it’s getting a marquee event to match its growing reputation The Coldwater Trail MTB & Run Offers Something for Everyone: It all feeds into Life Time’s legendary Leadville Race Series If you’re gunning for a spot in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB presented by Kenetik or the Leadville Trail 100 Run presented by La Sportiva this is now your best shot in the eastern U.S The magic of Coldwater isn’t just in the dirt—it’s in the people The local Northeast Alabama Bicycle Association (NEABA) and the City of Anniston have poured over $4 million into developing the area’s trails working alongside Innovate Alabama to build out infrastructure that could cement Coldwater as the go-to mountain biking and trail-running hub of the Southeast we’ve been searching for the perfect Southeast venue for a new Leadville qualifier and we found that in Anniston,” says Kimo Seymour President of Media and Events at Life Time “The dedication from this community and the quality of the trails made it an easy choice.” It’s not just about hammering through miles of dirt Life Time ensures the Coldwater Trail MTB & Run is a full-blown festival weekend This is it if you’re looking for a race that blends world-class trails Hit up www.coldwatertrailrace.com for race details and the weekend schedule, and grab your spot before it sells out. Follow along on Instagram for updates and start training—because Coldwater is about to become your new favorite race destination Jordan Villella is the Racing Tech Editor for BikeRumor.com He has written about bicycles and bike culture for over fifteen years with no signs of stopping Jordan raced professionally and wrote for MTBR and the now-defunct Dirt Rag Magazine He’s covered the World Championships and everything in between — where he loves to report what people are riding Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Jordan coaches cyclists of all abilities with Cycle-Smart; you can find him racing bikes around North America and adventuring with his family For an inside look at his review rides follow him on Strava Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed but don’t want to deal with solvents Simpyfast claims their Lube Cube is the easiest way Peak Performance expands on their MTB specific clothing with new pants Apparently that’s an option when you’re designing products for the GOAT We spotted Cofidis racing an all-new prototype wireless 13-speed Campagnolo Super Record 13 WRL SC road groupset Canyon Bicycles is now selling select models directly through Amazon.com Want wireless shifting but don’t want to have to buy a whole new drivetrain Be protected from the sun with the new UV Hooded Trail Shirt… OrNot The new Van Nicholas Astraeus is a beautiful titanium road bike that’s limited to just 50 frames and what remains of the drive-thru order board were clear Monday at Wendy's at 525 East Chicago After weeks of complaints about the store being sporadically staffed and open workers removed all but the main street sign and building signs Two women packed up supplies and slipped out a side door at 5:15 p.m men filled a U-Haul truck with the equipment and other materials The Daily Reporter's calls for comment to officials at franchise owner TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants in Livonia were not immediately returned Tuesday Property records show the store was owned by Jackson-based Stanton & Associates which operated 66 other Wendy's locations in counties in south-central Michigan but no longer does The Coldwater store closing notice directed customers to the Hillsdale location customers complained on social media frequently that the store was closed with signs posted about staffing issues Then customers complained about delays to receive orders USA Today reported that Wendy's Chief Financial Officer Gunther Plosch said on the quarterly earnings call on Oct 30 that the fast-food chain planned to close 140 locations this year Subscribe Follow updates on this story. Subscribe to the Daily Reporter These "outdated" restaurants were far below the system's average unit volume of approximately $1.1 million Newest event in the company's owned and produced portfolio will highlight ongoing development of Anniston's world-class trail system; and will be the most easterly Leadville qualifying race This new mountain bike and trail run event is set for October 24 and 25 Alabama and adds to the Company's portfolio of nearly 30 iconic athletic events across the country owner and producer of this new endurance event invites mountain bikers and trail runners to discover the hidden gem of Coldwater Mountain in Anniston Alabama. The event will offer 50K and 100K distances for cyclists as well as 15K and 50K distances for runners and will showcase portions of the more than 4,000 acres of land that make up the picturesque Coldwater Mountain Trail System we've been searching the southeast to find the right venue to bring a new Leadville qualifier and have found that in Anniston," said Kimo Seymour "Life Time is dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences and meaningful partnerships with local host communities We're excited for Anniston to be our latest partner in that as we welcome trail runners and mountain bikers from around the globe." As a rising destination for outdoor recreation and in what the Alabama Tourism Department has declared "The Year of Alabama Trails," Anniston and the surrounding Calhoun County have gone all in on their investment in outdoor recreation The vision and dedication from the community that transformed Coldwater Mountain into a premier riding and running destination is what caught the attention of Life Time "Thanks to the hard work of NEABA members and the support of the local community Coldwater Mountain Bike Trail System is quickly becoming the go-to place for mountain biking in the southeast," said Ken Hickman President of the Northeast Alabama Bicycle Association "The trails offer a unique blend of natural beauty and technical challenges making them a favorite among riders and offering something for everyone We're excited to be working with Life Time to highlight what Coldwater has to offer." The Life Time Coldwater Trail MTB & Run will offer a variety of race categories to accommodate both competitive and recreational participants ranging from technical mountain bike races to scenic trail runs through Anniston's lush forests and rugged terrain The course will showcase some of the area's most iconic trails many of which have been crafted and maintained through partnerships between local volunteers more than $4 million has been invested in the development of the Coldwater Mountain Trail area from a variety of sources including the City of Anniston "Over the past two years Innovate Alabama has invested nearly $20 million in outdoor recreation infrastructure across the state to further Alabama's position as a home for an outdoor lifestyle with Coldwater Mountain being one of those key early projects," stated T.C Executive Director of Outdoor Recreation Programs at Innovate Alabama "Life Time's recognition of not just Coldwater as a unique natural asset but of east Alabama's community of mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts validates that investment." 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Travel General Sports Outdoors, Camping & Hiking Outdoors, Camping & Hiking Do not sell or share my personal information: PORTAGE – The gymnasium at Portage Northern High School is nicknamed 'The Igloo' Unfortunately for the Coldwater girls basketball team The Igloo lived up to its name Wednesday night The Cardinals were ice cold shooting from the floor in a Division 1 regional championship going scoreless throughout the first quarter and into the second Despite a stellar defensive effort from Coldwater the cold shooting was too much to overcome as DeWitt pulled away early and never looked back in a 41-18 win “I thought we played really good defense tonight it was just another one of those nights where we were able to get some good open looks they just would not fall,” Coldwater coach Ken Smoker said “You have to give a lot of credit to DeWitt tonight as well they really made us work to get any open looks and we knew tonight was going to be very tough we have not been able to get the ball in the bucket That is the game of basketball sometimes.” What Happened?Things did not start out well for the Cardinals Coldwater would get a good look at the basket no matter if it were from beyond the 3-point line or in the lane Coldwater went scoreless throughout the first quarter and into the second finally getting their first bucket on an Elli Foley bucket in the paint breaking the scoreless run at just under five minutes left in the first half “After one quarter we had not been able to get a single bucket to fall however we were only chasing seven points (trailing 7-0) so I considered us a little bit lucky,” Smoker said DeWitt went on to outscore Coldwater 13-10 in the third quarter and 9-2 in the fourth Mya Porter led the Coldwater effort with a team-high seven points to go with four rebounds Rylie VanAken also had a solid all-around game with five points More: Quincy's Miner named The Daily Reporter Boys Basketball Player of the Year only 1 of 14 from the three point line while turning over the ball 22 times compared to only 12 for DeWitt DeWitt improves to 25-1 overall on the season and now moves on to the Division One state quarterfinals where they will face Belleville Coldwater meanwhile sees their 2024-25 girls basketball season ends at 17-8 overall Coldwater will now say goodbye to two seniors in Elli Foley and Ellie Anderson both of whom have spent all four seasons at the varsity level — Police in Coldwater said two people were found dead inside a camper trailer in what they call a carbon monoxide-related tragedy and police are now saying the incident is likely related to improper heating 54-year-old Larry Wheeler and 40-year-old Kari Close were found behind Pure World Foods while inside the camper trailer A cousin of Close alerted police when he could not reach her While the cause of death is under investigation Director of Public Safety Joe Scheid said it was most likely caused by an improper heating solution and is warning the public about proper ventilation in these temperatures especially when it's being used in a non-ventilated area," he said "When you have people that are trying to live in improvised living conditions and try to heat it with heat sources that are meant to be exterior and they're moving them into inside or interior heat." News Channel 3 also reached out to the owner of Pure World Foods He confirms that Wheeler worked at his business as a warehouse manager and he allowed him to park the trailer behind his business Thakur said he didn’t know Wheeler was living there and was shocked when he heard of the deaths With the temperatures reaching -7 degrees Monday night Scheid said his officers were on alert to respond "This weather definitely brings in an uptick of accidents "So we've had kind of a wide range but this is the only really medically related type of incident that we've been at.” That’s why he’s urging everyone who knows someone in an improvised living environment like an RV or a tent to reach out He said it’s too cold for anything but traditional heating methods even as the frigid weather is expected to pass later this week offer to get them into your house for a day or two or take them to a warming situation," he said Officials said the Coach Eby Center has been available as a warming shelter this week An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the victims' official cause of death The community is invited to attend a memorial event Friday to remember those lost during the Palm Sunday tornadoes 60 years ago The 1965 Palm Sunday double twisters killed 19 and caused $25 million in damage in the county equivalent to $252 million in today's dollars A parade with Lakeland Fire Department trucks will start at 7 p.m Residents are invited to show their appreciation by stepping outside the parade route from their Coldwater Lake homes or cottages to wave or hold signs in support of the Lakeland Fire Department volunteers according to an announcement from the Coldwater Lake Association “Lakeland Fire Department serves our needs each and every day and this is an opportunity to thank them for their service and to honor those who lost their lives 60 years ago,” Terry Swick long-time Coldwater Lake resident said in the announcement “This is our way of showing our gratitude and remembering the past.” The National Weather Service said the first tornado to hit Coldwater Lake April 11 1965 formed two miles southwest of Pleasant Lake just south of the Michigan and Indiana border at 7:03 p.m. then crossed into Michigan and soon into Coldwater Lake the storm was rated an EF-4 with winds from 166 to 200 miles per hour When survivors came out to survey the damage from the tornado a second tornado formed from the same cell approximately 20 minutes later near Kinderhook The path covered almost the same area on the lake as the first one spewing debris from the first storm into the lake skipping up and down until it reached Washtenaw County Coldwater Daily Reporter Kathy Tarr wrote trucks and cars brought survivors to Branch Community Hospital in Coldwater She saw more than 150 victims crowd halls seeking treatment Branch County Sheriff Keith Wilhelm and other law enforcement and community volunteers looked through the wreckage around the lake Marina owner Henry Davis and his wife Van were in their car His body was in a tree five miles east of U.S Reporter Darrell Knauss wrote that 21 storm victims were hospitalized Two hundred National Guard members arrived to help They were housed on Centennial Road in the old Lakeland School just north of the lake Operation Bulldozer began to remove debris and help bury livestock killed by the tornadoes Most homeowners began rebuilding as soon as they could The estimate was that over 80% of the homes and buildings around the lake suffered damage Aerial photographs showed only the extreme north and south shores with minimal damage The paper said President Lyndon Johnson flew over the area as he toured the tornado-damaged regions by plane  The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak moved across Illinois There was no warning before the tornadoes hit Branch County meteorologists only issued forecasts through radio stations of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds The NWS explained in the 50th anniversary story about the 1965 storms "The Weather Bureau thought the word 'tornado' would cause panic and did not issue a warning until tornadoes were confirmed The watches and warnings we receive today did not come until the 1970s when Doppler radar made spotting telltale rotations possible Meteorologist Chris Roller said the most tornadoes in Michigan are "what we call a quasi-linear convective system it's a straight-line wind event that can have some little kinks in there that will cause tornadoes." Those occurred in the past week "It is called a super cell and is much more rare," Roller said Meteorologist Ernie Ostuno said there was only one other in Michigan in the 1970s A week of below-freezing cold weather met warm air pushing from the southwest creating strong low pressure across the Midwest Ostuno said the number of tornadoes have not increased smaller tornadoes that we wouldn't have detected back then We're going out and surveying and cataloging them."  14 confirmed tornadoes struck Michigan between March 30 and April 8 just under the yearly average of 17 for the 72 years the National Weather Service has records The sweeping car and auto part tariffs that President Trump claims will revitalize the domestic industry will cost one of its biggest companies millions of dollars.  General Motors CEO Mary Barra estimated that Trump’s tariffs will cost the company between $4 and $5 million of revenue this year, in a letter sent to shareholders Thursday. The company has lowered its profit goal in response. This comes as Trump actually retreated from the much more aggressive tariffs he had originally planned for the industry.  Barra believes the company will keep the prices the same for consumers “We believe … pricing is going to stay at about the same level as it is,” she told CNN’s Erin Burnett in a Thursday interview “Pricing changes in our industry at least monthly Lower earnings aren’t just bad for Barra and her shareholders they’re bad for the hundreds of thousands of working-class Americans (many of whom voted for Trump) who depend on GM for their livelihoods Trump’s reckless tariffs and trade wars have set automakers and autoworkers on edge rather than reassured them.   Multiple Trumpworld officials involved in the Defense Department’s Signalgate scandal are leaving their posts National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are exiting the administration, CBS News’s Jennifer Jacobs reported Thursday The pair are expected to leave by the end of the day But the roles aren’t likely to stay open for long. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is reportedly in talks to replace Waltz, according to Politico Witkoff has been busy the last several months attempting to work out a peace deal with Hamas in Gaza and end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Other contenders include White House deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller National Security Council Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka and the special envoy for special missions Richard Grenell The last of those options served for a handful of months as Trump’s acting director of national intelligence during his first term and was in talks for other top intelligence positions in December as Trump drew up his Cabinet Waltz has been the epicenter of several embarrassing episodes for the Trump administration in the last couple of months. In March, Waltz committed an egregious national security flub by accidentally inviting a journalist from The Atlantic to a Cabinet group chat on Signal that discussed sensitive That news brought the supposed chief intelligence expert’s myriad other misgivings to light an account sharing Waltz’s name had seemingly left his Venmo profile public the intelligence official disclosed the names of hundreds of his personal and professional associates including government officials and lobbyists The list also included several major media personalities, such as Bret Baier and Brian Kilmeade of Fox News, Brianna Keilar and Kristen Holmes of CNN, a cable news producer, local news journalists, a national security reporter, documentarians, and “noted conspiracy theorist Ivan Raiklin,” reported Wired Waltz was also one of several top Trump administration officials caught with their personal data—such as account passwords, cell phone numbers, and email addresses—listed online, reported the German newspaper Der Spiegel And, as it turns out, Waltz “regularly” used Signal to discuss work He reportedly had at least 20 group chats to discuss issues in Ukraine Behind closed doors, Donald Trump was reportedly furious with Waltz’s pattern of errors and was “suspicious” that Waltz’s contact list apparently included journalists critical of the administration “The president was pissed that Waltz could be so stupid,” one anonymous source familiar with the situation told Politico Still, the Trump administration publicly reiterated its confidence in its intelligence pick describing Waltz as a “good man” who had learned his lesson Trump has reportedly been sensitive to the idea of ousting Waltz, believing that doing so could be interpreted as a bend to public pressure. One source familiar with the situation at the National Security Council told CBS News that the president believes enough time has passed that the administration can reasonably reframe Waltz’s and Wong’s departures as part of a “reorganization.” Waltz’s removal also marks another embarrassing loss for Republicans who traded the former Florida representative to the executive branch at a cost to their slim majority in the House Donald Trump doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong in his second term as president On a NewsNation town hall with Chris Cuomo, Stephen A. Smith, and Bill O’Reilly, Trump, who phoned in to the event, was asked by an audience member what he thought his biggest mistake was in the first 100 days of his new term that’s the toughest question I can have because I don’t really believe I’ve made any mistakes,” Trump said to laughter from the audience “I think Lee is reassured,” joked O’Reilly WATCH: President Trump said he didn’t think he’s made any mistakes so far in his second term in response to an audience question that Bill O’Reilly read. #CUOMOTownHall pic.twitter.com/JtAVg3HwZW The president has shown signs of cognitive decline over the past year If Trump was unwilling to hear criticism before now he’s unable to acknowledge the consequences of his own actions With Congress and much of the Supreme Court failing to hold him accountable it appears that Americans are stuck with a president who causes problems for the country and doesn’t take responsibility White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is doubling down on Donald Trump’s ridiculous way of dismissing the rising prices of consumer goods During a White House press briefing Thursday morning, Miller attempted to defend the president’s strange remark from the day before that parents might have to buy fewer toys for their kids while his destructive tariffs on China take effect maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday Miller tried to make sense of the comment in his typical antagonistic fashion “He was making the point that I think almost every American consumer agrees with,” Miller said “If you had a choice between a doll from China lead paint in it that is not as well constructed as a doll made in America that has a higher environmental and regulatory standard and that is made to a higher degree of quality you probably would be willing to pay more for a better-made American product,” he continued “But here’s the key point: With the tax cuts and everything else that President Trump is doing to unleash this era of American prosperity and prevent the road we were on to get off that road of financial ruin and doom means that it will be cheaper than ever to manufacture in America,” he added Stephen Miller: "If you had a choice between a doll from China that might have lead paint from it that is not as well constructed, as a doll made in America that has a highly environmental and regulatory standard ... and those two products are both on Amazon, that yes, you… pic.twitter.com/HfisWdbJ0b Miller touted a supposed higher degree of quality for American-made goods while also promising that Trump would strip the very regulations that ensure that quality in an effort to make production less expensive The administration’s weird warnings that Americans will have to hunker down with the toys they’ve already got flies in the face of Trump’s grandstanding about prosperity Meanwhile, toy companies are reporting that Christmas may be in jeopardy. Greg Ahearn, chief executive of the Toy Association, a U.S. industry group representing 850 toy manufacturers, warned of “a frozen supply chain that is putting Christmas at risk.” there’s a high probability of a toy shortage this holiday season,” Ahern said House Republicans on Wednesday killed a measure that would have stopped ICE from being able to deport or detain U.S The measure was originally an amendment introduced by Representative Pamila Jayapal to President Trump’s massive budget bill “My amendment is simple, and I hope that it has bipartisan support. It simply states that none of the funds in this bill may be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain or deport U.S. citizens,” Jayapal said citizens should never be detained by ICE or any agency conducting civil immigration enforcement The Republican Party does not agree with that. The Trump administration has already deported multiple U.S.-citizens, including a four-year old with cancer. The issue came up at the very same hearing where Republicans decided to allow ICE to deport more U.S “Your bill will deport more kids who are American citizens with cancer,” Representative Eric Swallwell asked His statement was met with complete silence “The fact that Democrats and my colleague Representative Pramila Jayapal feel the need to even introduce an amendment that says ICE cannot deport U.S citizens is bats*t crazy,” Representative Ted Lieu said on the House floor “How about this,” Representative Daniel Goldman raised “Raise your hand if you do not think children with cancer who are American citizens should be deported.” “Looks like it’s all the Democrats and none of the Republicans.” Goldman: Raise your hand if you do not think children with cancer who are American citizens should be deported…Looks like it’s all the Democrats and none of the Republicans pic.twitter.com/wTNoQ8wFcq Elon Musk isn’t happy about a report that his own company is looking to replace him The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Tesla’s board of directors had begun the process of finding a new CEO to replace the billionaire bureaucrat who was galavanting around Washington with a chain saw people familiar with the discussions told the paper The board reached out to several executive search firms and was ultimately able to narrow its efforts to one major firm Following an initial spike after Musk had effectively bought Donald Trump the White House the electric vehicle-maker spent the first three months of the year watching its value deflate and its brand curdle as its CEO spent more time cozying up to the increasingly unpopular president who stepped down as the chairman of the board of directors in 2018 was aware that the company was beginning to look for new leadership As the board of directors first embarked on their search about a month ago they warned the CEO that he needed to spend more time at the company In a furious post on X Thursday Musk claimed that the report was a complete fiction “It is an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS that the @WSJ would publish a DELIBERATELY FALSE ARTICLE and fail to include an unequivocal denial beforehand by the Tesla board of directors!” he wrote the chairman of Tesla’s board of directors “Earlier today, there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company. This is absolutely false (and this was communicated to the media before the report was published),” Denholm said in a statement Thursday “The CEO of Tesla is Elon Musk and the Board is highly confident in his ability to continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead.” in a humiliating first-quarter earnings report Tesla said that profits had crashed by a whopping 71 percent compared with $1.39 billion from the same quarter last year The drop was a direct result of Musk’s entanglement with Trump’s administration Trump’s embrace of a sweeping “reciprocal tariff” policy, and steep tariffs on imported cars and auto parts, also rocked the industry, hurting Musk’s value personally. In Trump’s first 100 days in office, Musk lost a whopping 25 percent of his total personal wealth Musk told investors that he planned to cut down his time in Washington to two days a week but said that he would likely continue working with the Trump administration until the end of the president’s term Musk insisted that he would continue to advocate for lower tariffs but said that the decision was “entirely up to the president of the United States.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have described the current measles outbreak in Texas as the worst uptick the agency has seen in measles cases in the last 25 years the man responsible for running the nation’s public health response continued to lie about the vaccine that practically eradicated the childhood disease Speaking with NewsNation virulent vaccine conspiracist and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F justified a religious Texas community’s decision not to receive the vaccine by claiming that the measles vaccine contains “aborted fetus debris” as well as “DNA particles.” “And they have religious objections to the vaccination.” “The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles so they don’t want to take it,” Kennedy continued “So we ought to be able to take care of those populations when they get sick.” It should go without saying, but the MMR vaccine does not contain pieces of aborted fetuses. The vaccine contains live or weakened measles and rubella viruses and ingredients to stabilize the solution Data published Tuesday by the Texas Department of State Health Services indicated that 663 cases of measles have been confirmed in the state since late January There have been 396 cases in Gaines County 87 people have been hospitalized since cases began popping up in the Lone Star State and at least two children have died Measles was declared eradicated from the U.S. in 2000, thanks to the vaccine. But researchers have warned that the country is now at a tipping point and could see the return of endemic measles, according to The Guardian including one study that surveyed more than 660,000 children over the course of 11 years In December, Donald Trump still announced that Kennedy would spend his time at the top of HHS researching the conspiracy tying vaccine usage to autism rates the country reported 5,707 cases of measles the majority of which were children under the age of 5 vaccines have proven to be one of the greatest accomplishments of modern medicine The medical shots are so effective at preventing illness that they have effectively eradicated some of the worst diseases from our collective culture from rabies to polio and smallpox—a fact that has possibly fooled some into believing that the viruses and their complications aren’t a significant threat to the average President Trump’s all-hands Cabinet meeting Wednesday to mark his 100 days in office was such a shameless display of fealty that even commentators on the far right felt compelled to criticize it Trump hosted a two-hour-long televised meeting starring each of his Cabinet appointees They all took turns going around the table talking about how awesome and wondrous Trump is and how honored they were to even be in his presence Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke of a “recruiting renaissance” and said that Trump “ripped wokeness out of the military.” National security adviser Mike Waltz said the world was “far better Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Trump has somehow saved 258 million Americans from overdosing on fentanyl in just 100 days “Since you have been in office President Trump your DOJ agencies have seized more than 22 million fentanyl pills 3,400 kilos of fentanyl … which saved—are you ready for this turning directly to the camera when she said “media.” “Kids are dying every day because they’re taking this junk laced with something else And it’s laced with fentanyl and they’re dropping dead This elicited an eye roll from even Richard Hanania a right-wing commentator whose history of white supremacist writings directly influenced Project 2025 “Yesterday, Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million lives. Today she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept it,” he wrote on X You really can’t be on the fence anymore about what we’re seeing.” Infamous bigot Ann Coulter also chimed in “Would it be possible to have a cabinet meeting without the Kim Jong il-style tributes?” she wrote The Vermont judge who on Wednesday ordered the release of a Columbia University student arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave a grave warning about the Trump administration’s McCarthyist crackdown on free speech In his sharply worded 29-page decision ordering Mohsen Mahdawi’s release Judge Geoffrey Crawford wrote that in addition to the fact that the graduate student was not a flight risk and presented no danger to his community the judge had also considered the “extraordinary setting” in which his arrest was made in the ruling Legal residents—not charged with crimes or misconduct—are being arrested and threatened with deportation for stating their views on the political issues of the day,” Crawford wrote “Our nation has seen times like this before especially during the Red Scare and Palmer Raids of 1919-1920 that led to the deportation of hundreds of people suspected of anarchist or communist views.” He referred to judicial decisions that had helped bring “an end to the moral panic that gripped the nation and its officials.” “Similar themes were sounded during the McCarthy period in the 1950s when thousands of non-citizens were targeted for deportation due to their political views,” he said, referring to a 1950 Supreme Court dissent that condemned the “menace to free institutions” presented by such cases “The wheel of history has come around again but as before these times of excess will pass this case … is extraordinary in the sense that it calls upon the ancient remedy of habeas to address a persistent modern wrong.” Crawford presented a strong defense for Mahdawi’s speech his conduct is protected by the First Amendment “The court is aware that he has offended his political opponents and apparently given rise to concerns at the State Department that he is an obstacle to American foreign policy Such conduct is insufficient to support a finding that he is in any way a danger as we use that term in the context of detention and release,” Crawford added Mahdawi, who had committed the heinous crime of activism and founded Columbia University’s Palestinian Student Union, offered a sharp condemnation of the very kind of antisemitism of which he stood accused during an interview on CBS News’s 60 Minutes in December 2023 Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly invoked vague “antisemitic activities” as justification for the arrests of several students who have committed no crimes and whom the government hopes to deport who is now held in a Texas detention center Just one day after his commerce secretary claimed that the American dream is a return to multigenerational factory serfdom President Trump stated that parents might have to buy fewer toys for their kids while his destructive tariffs on China take effect “[China] made a trillion dollars with Biden, a trillion dollars, even a trillion and one with Biden, selling us stuff,” Trump said referring to the gargantuan Chinese import market in the United States And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” The Trump administration has been trying for weeks now to gaslight Americans into thinking these tariffs will only be a temporary rough spot that each country we’ve levied them on will fold and that the man who penned The Art of the Deal will work his magic once again The reality of the situation is bleaker than they can imagine. The country’s gross domestic product fell by 0.3 percent in the first three months of the year, the first time in years that the economy has shrunk, while Trump blamed it entirely on former President Joe Biden Americans who were already struggling are feeling deeply anxious and Trump—whose very name is associated with opulence—has the nerve to tell the populace to buy fewer toys for their kids Terms of Use — One person was arrested after being linked to multiple driving offenses in Coldwater Township on Wednesday Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers responded to a reckless driving complaint on North Union City Road the driver was linked to a hit and run in Sherwood Township a reckless driving/ road rage incident in Athens Township The driver was arrested and lodged on several driving offenses and tribal officers from the Reservation collaborated their investigations COLDWATER - NBA legend Michael Jordan once said she has lived her life one way: Making it happen one of those athletes comes along that just make you say 'wow' The first time Foley stepped out on to the basketball court or picked up a shot put a decision that will take the athletic three-sport star not far down the road where she will star for Trine University basketball and track and field “Both academically and athletically I thought Trine fit the best,” Foley said “They have exactly what I want to do for my career and they are giving me a great chance to compete at a high level with some pretty good programs in both basketball and track but ultimately it came down to Trine for a bunch of reasons including the girls that are already there so I knew that I would be able to fit in with them athletically and socially once I stepped on campus and met the team it was Trine University.” but it is the latter two she will focus on while at Trine earning four straight Interstate 8 all-conference honors where she scored over 1k career points Thanks to her success on the hardwood Foley was voted by you as this year’s The Daily Reporter Girls Basketball Player of the Year Foley is also a four-time The Daily Reporter Dream Team member and is a do-it-all point guard who is at her best with the ball in her hands and head-up on defense but she is a bear on defense and is known for her tremendous amount of hustle as can be seen by the insane number of charges drawn throughout her four-year career Foley finished her stellar four-year varsity career with 1014 points With all her success on the basketball court down the throwing pits is where Foley really excels serving as one of the best throwers in the county and in the state Foley has set and reset the Coldwater High School shot put record numerous times and holds the current record at 40 feet a new record set last year during the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) regional meet Foley secured her first all-state honor just this past year when she finished in fourth place at the MHSAA Division Two state finals in the shot put with a throw of 40 feet rocking out a career high throw of 113 feet during her sophomore season with her sights set on the current school record of 119 feet Foley qualified for the MHSAA state finals last year in the discus finishing in 19th place with a throw of 104 feet “Being able to play both basketball and compete in track was a big reason that I picked Trine,” Foley said “My parents were real supportive and just let me do what it is I wanted to do They were really helpful and they did give their opinion but I think they are very happy I chose to stay close to home I am just looking forward to my senior season getting that consistency down in my throwing motions so I know where I need to be to compete in college.” It is said that hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard But what do you get when you have an athlete that is naturally talented who works very hard You get current Coldwater Cardinal and future Trine University athlete Elli Foley Foley will attend Trine University with the intent of majoring in Psychology so that someday she can become a family or sport psychologist Congratulations to Coldwater’s Elli Foley on signing her commitment letter to compete for the Trine University basketball and track and field programs Favorite Book: “I only read the books I need to for school,” Foley said with a laugh Hobbies: “I am so busy with all that I have going on but when I do have some down time I like to hang out with my friends and family just to do something different and get a change of pace in my life.” Brown water caused by higher mineral levels has been an ongoing issue for the residents of Coldwater it’s been a source of frustration throughout the community — Brown water caused by higher mineral levels has been an ongoing issue for the residents of Coldwater “It's not only frustrating to the community it's frustrating to us because we take extreme pride in what we do and producing clean water for everybody,” Brian Musselman wastewater and telecommunications superintendent for the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities beginning with filter upgrades in the water plant “It's a very tedious job because we have to manage keeping the water flow to the community but taking filters out of service and making everything work,” Musselman said Upgrades are only done during the winter months crews typically pump anywhere from 3.2 to 3.4 million gallons a day during the winter usage was up over four million gallons a day With one filter out of service and an uptick in water usage “Whenever there's a disturbance it causes a shockwave through the whole system and stirs up iron and manganese in the pipes,” Musselman said Coldwater's water plant is able to remove over 98% of the iron “We could see it in all our lab tests,” Musselman said but there wasn't anything we could do until we got the filters all back in service.” Although he recognizes the frustration behind this Musselman ensures residents there are no health concerns and has even sent samples to a doctor for additional testing it’s just a matter of letting the system flush itself out things seem to be heading in the right direction our levels are perfect coming out of the plant,” Musselman said we just have to get through this bumpy stage.”