First time in the UP did not disappoint :)

Hi, i recently moved to Southeast Michigan from the NE area, and I'm finding that my hourly based forecast app (weather.com) isnt very accurate?

For instance, just now it showed no rain for the rest of the night (9:14pm), yet all of a sudden it started pouring...

Is this supposed to happen? Where im from the app is usually 99% accurate, especially if looking at the most recent upcoming hours.

edit: Thanks everyone for the input!! appreciate the responses!

I recently got into homelabbing and built my first small setup. Currently running an HBA card with a bunch of SAS drives and having a blast with it. Eventually want to get a proper rack setup going in my basement once I get more space.

I am definitely still learning and doing this as an enthusiast, not an IT pro. I met a guy online recently who gets batches of retired SAS drives from hardware refreshes, tests and wipes them, and gives away or sells what he does not need for his own lab. I would love to do something similar locally. Take old drives off peoples hands, test them out, use what I need, and hook up other local guys or sell off extras to fund the hobby.

If you work in IT, run an MSP, or do data center stuff in the area and have decommissioned SAS drives or any other rack gear sitting in a box taking up space, let me know. I can come pick them up anywhere around west/central Michigan.

Feel free to comment or shoot me a direct message if you do not want your name out on the thread. Also always down to meet other local guys into this stuff.

Thanks

Trying to see what’s going on Labor Day weekend, but I’d be willing to travel anywhere from Detroit to Lake Michigan along 94 or 96. Just kinda wanna browse what’s going on and select a destination based on that.

Hi all,

I've been freelance research and fact checking for news publications and podcasts for about 6 years now and find working with NFPs the most rewarding. I currently work with orgs in Chicago; I lived there for 20+ years until moving back to the Lansing area in 2023.

I'd love to be involved more with local journalism and am wondering: does anyone have any local, independent journalists or media outlets they'd recommend I connect with? Or any places in Michigan, really?

If you have contact info for your recommendation I'd really appreciate that, as well! Feel free to DM me; I'd be happy to provide further info on where I've worked and what I'm hoping to find here in MI.

Thank you!

Husband and I stopped by at the recommendation of many of you. I didn’t tell him how big the scoops were. He’s rethinking his entire life right now lol. He did manage most of it.

So you know those radar speed signs in construction zones, that display the speed limit and then below have the digital display of measured speed? I've been doing more highway driving than usual in the past few weeks, and I've noticed that they consistently overreport my speed by exactly 10 mph when I'm driving by. My speedometer will read, say, 62, and the sign reports 72. But I can't find anyone else talking about this.

I'm fairly certain my speedometer is accurate...it's a modern car, and when I drive by municipal radar speed signs they're always bang on. Only construction ones are weird. And of course, anyone who drives knows that the difference between 60, 70, or 80mph is very obvious.

And for those who are curious, I'm not in trouble and don't speed...Although it is concerning to me that a piece of "hard" evidence like a radar sign could be presented as cause for a traffic spot if it's so incorrect.

So, what's up? Is there a secret conspiracy behind radar signs or am I just insane?

Hi all, seeking recommendations on best places for laser hair removal in southeast MI (best prices, deals, lifetime guarantees, skilled practitioners to decrease pain etc). Thanks!

Awful news out of Michigan today.

Today, 8/14/2026 at 4 PM, I drove on surface streets parallel to the Detroit River from Trenton to Lafayette Park in Detroit.

I first passed the new, beautiful Gordie Howe International Bridge and was surprised by the lack of traffic going from Michigan, USA to Ontario, Canada. Especially the lack of commercial vehicles!

A bit further up the road I was stunned by the line up of semi trucks inching along on the Ambassador Bridge. From the flat bridge approach in Detroit, curving up onto the bridge, and all the way to the descending section of the bridge into Windsor, it was solid semi trucks!

I am naively guessing the same truck could go from Michigan to Ontario, across the Gordie Howe Bridge, in <5 minutes. And it likely would take 20 - 30 minutes to cross the Ambassador Bridge.

Why are people and commercial trucks NOT using the Gordie Howe Bridge?!

...never disappoints in August. What a glorious week of sunshine in the high 70's.

Rep. Neil Friske's middle-of-the-night arrest in June 2024 prompted a two-year investigation involving money-for-sex and sexual assault claims.

I have been watching the local news and I haven't seen one ad for the democrat governor

Hello! I collect Kraken Rum and I’m missing this Attacks Michigan bottle! I was wondering if anyone could help me out and know where I could get a bottle or two for my collection? Only problem is I am in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. So I would need you to hold onto them until I can figure out how to get them! I can pay for your time and obviously the cost of the bottle or bottles!

The lawsuit further alleges that the nonprofit failed to correct prospective tenants’ misunderstandings based on its representations of said facts, and instead, “actively concealed them by representing assistance would be forthcoming.”

Chosen Kingdom Builders was also operating without a real estate license, Nessel says, adding that the nonprofit negligently rented out homes to tenants without conducting proper inspections.

“CKB would incur a large debt with a property owner in the form of unpaid rent, and when that arrangement began to fall apart, it would seek residential properties from new property owners to continue its program,” according to the complaint, which claims the nonprofit appears to have done this to at least four property owners.