West Michigan Wakeup December 2, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's the West Michigan Wake Up, powered by Minards on
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on your Tuesday. Good morning. It's schmidty.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
We'll start with a Michigan judge tossing a lawsuit against
the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. This is over its
use of AFFF. This is the upweest film forming foam.
Say that five times fast. The lawsuit was filed in
September of twenty twenty three by Michigan's Department of Environment,
Great Lakes and Energy.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now p FUSS is the reason.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
A key ingredient in this AFFF used to put out
jet fuel fires, was a common tool used at airports
and fire departments now in twenty twenty three, Nessel said
the lawsuit was to push the airport to do the
right thing. She says, as they've shown a refusal to
accept responsibility, we must compel them to act responsibly. However,

(00:54):
to hearing, representatives for the airport urge the lawsuit should
be tossed. The FA did agree. If you have been
trying to remember the odd even parking, get used to
it odd even restrictions in affecting Grand Rapids as the
city works to clear the final remnants of snowfall from
over the weekend, and the Department of Public Works said

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while it had seventy five percent of the city streets cleared,
it was still hoping to finish off the last few
roads by the end of the day.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
That means odd.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Even parking, and so far more than two hundred and
fifty tickets have been issued since November one. You said, listen,
this is not meant to be annoying, but here's the deal.
We've got to get these roads cleared, and when people
are parked on both sides of the street, it makes
it near impossible for our plow drivers.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Speaking of those plow drivers.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
In major form in Misskegan cleaning up from yet another snowfall,
we've got lots of school closings in Miskegan and a
few in Ottawa County.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
To check that list at West Michigan Star dot com.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Again they are reminding drivers please give us space to
work and do everything you can to not pass on
the left. We are looking at hopefully a break tomorrow.
Tonight and tomorrow. Really we're going to see things kind
of move out today. Should be pretty calm for this
evening into tomorrow. That storm team made forecast is coming up.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Taking a look at sports.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
It was the rumor and now confirmed. Pat Fitzgerald will
be the next head coach of Michigan State men's football,
vowing to quote restore tradition, as he was announced as
the Spartans new coach yesterday. The deal is for five years,
according to sources talking to ESPN, it will require formal
approval from the MSc Board of Trustees. That meeting is

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planned for December twelfth. A great fit for Michigan State football. Fitzgerald,
who is fifty, will be introduced today. He replaces Jonathan Smith.
Of course, he formerly coached at Northwestern. Awesome night for
the Pistons, Cad Cunningham scoring eight of his eighteen points
in the last three minutes, beating the Atlanta Hawks ninety

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nine to ninety eight last night and a thrilling end.
And we will see more hoops action this evening, MSU
taking on Iowa. You can hear that on Big One
on one point three, and our Red Wings on the
ice against Boston.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Hear that on ninety six won the game.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
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