West Michigan Wakeup December 18, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Star one oh five point seven, West Michigan's Christmas station.
Good morning, It's Schmidty the news you need to start
your day. It's the West Michigan Wake Up, powered by
Minards on Star one oh five point seven.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Well.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
President Trump addressing the nation last night, touting his economic policy,
his reform on immigration, and in a major announcement, bonus
checks that will be going out to military members.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Next spring is projected to be the largest tax refund
season of all time because of tariffs. Along with the
just passed one Big Beautiful bill. Tonight, I am also
proud to announce that more than one thousand, four hundred
fifty thousand, think of this, one milligan, four hundred and
fifty thousand military service members will receive a special we

(00:48):
call Warrior dividend before Christmas. So Warrioate dividend in honor
of our nations founding in seventeen seventy six, we are
sending every soldier one thousand, seven hundred and seventy six dollars.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Now. These bonus payments for troops come as millions of
Americans are very worried about the costs of things like groceries, housing, utilities,
and given the season holiday gifts, inflation remains elevated, and
the labor market has weekend in recent months. According to experts,
a lot are asking what does twenty twenty six look like.

(01:24):
We've got a jobs market report on Tuesday that experts
call fragile, even if the overall economy still appears to
be stable. Now, President Trump and his team has blamed
Democratic lawmakers for shutting down the government for those job
losses that were reported during October. This is a very
scary thing, and once again, area road commissions are warning

(01:44):
clearing snow off cars not only for the protection of
drivers but also state law, may not be something you're
dealing with today, but as temperatures plummet overnight tonight, we
will be seeing snow into the weekend. According to the
Muskigan County Road Commission, everyone has to do their due
diligence and make sure vehicles are ready to go. Having

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falling snow or blowing snow from another car can break
a window. Even though it isn't just snow, people may
think it can be ice as well. Now according to experts,
this is actually leading to an increase in crashes, so
they are reminding you this can be ticketable. Take it
a look at your sports. Our Red Wings back in action.
Clayton Keller had a goal and and assist. Unfortunately, as

(02:30):
the Utah Mammoth pulling away from our Wings four to one.
A loss for them last night, but our Griffins in
quite the comeback. Dominic Shine recording his third multi goal
game of just this season. That means he surpasses Thomas
Tatar for the fourth most goals Enfranchise history. Griffins take

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down the Iowa Wild last night five to two, and
tonight we'll see the Pistons hit the hardwood against Dallas.
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