Michigan

During a snowstorm Wednesday in northern Michigan, a motorist and his family in their minivan was having trouble seeing and they rear-ended a semi truck on the Interstate 75 near Grayling. But their problems were just beginning.

Sometimes it's just cool to blow things up. And it's even cooler to launch things into space.

Here in Grand Rapids there's an annual art contest called ArtPrize. It's a 19-day city-wide art exhibit in which artists display their work for everyone to see. People and a juried panel then vote on which pieces they think are the best and the winners receive $560,000 in cash prizes. There are many mediums, including paintings, drawings, sculpture and even performance art. One piece was titled

We took a call from Shane this morning, who does a sideshow act including laying on a bed of nails. It reminded us of the time five years ago when Producer Joe and Hot Wings did the same thing when a sideshow act came through the radio station.

Imagine missing one property tax payment and losing your house over it. A woman in Richland, Mich., near Kalamazoo finds herself in that predicament, WXMI Fox17 reported.

Eric Zane's son's friend forwarded this video to Zane this week. He and his friend just shot it the other day in Jenison, Mich.

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