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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is West Michigan's more than Wow. Sometimes these microphones
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Online and what's talked now at Woodradio dot how.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
This is the Trending Now report on Wood Radio A
minutes negotiations to end the war with Israel and Gaza.
Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal put forward by Cutter in Egypt.
On Fox's Hannity, Envoy to the Middle East Steve Whitkoff
says the Trump administration is on board with the efforts
to return all hostages.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
That conflict should end immediately. Twenty hostages should be returned
to their families, a commencement commensurate amount of Palestinian prisoners
to be released as well.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Over a week into President Trump's federal takeover of the
police force in Washington, d c rest continue with at
least fifty two individuals detained. On Monday night, Deputy Attorney
General Todd Blanche appeared on the Ingraham Angle, stating that
the Trump administration is committed to cleaning up the nation's camp.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
The President Trump's goal from day one has been to
make this city safe, to make this city a place
that we all enjoy being. To make this city a
place that world leaders who come to see the President
come in and are jealous of. And that's something that
we are proud of.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
And the federal government is rolling out a challenge to
help Americans get in shape. A YouTube video. Secretary of
Defend Pete Hegsith and Secretary of Health and Human Services
Robert F. Kennedy Junior competed in the Pete and Bobby Challenge.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
Ob city rates are over fifty percent diabetes raids now,
thirty eight percent of our teens are pre diabetic or diabetic.
And you know you can seventy seven percent of type
two diabetes cases can lose their diagnosis or arrest the
disease just by changing their diet.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
The competition fifty pull ups, one hundred pushups in under
ten minutes. We'll keep you posted on that.

Speaker 5 (02:09):
One, all right.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Also turning this morning, I thought this was really cool.
You guys want to throwback a local business trying to
bring some nostalgia and create new memories for generations of
movie fans. It's kind of the dream of Rob Grimes,
who plans to open Bartertown Video in Wyoming. We're getting
a VHS store. Wow, it's gonna have VHS tapes and

(02:33):
you can rent VCRs while also offering HDMI adapters for
people to connect the equipment to their TVs. He told
What TV. The general purpose is to create a library,
possibly in the next few months, a library of one
of the largest permanent media rental sections in West Michigan,
where people can experience the old days.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
You may still have the VCR, but he's right, you
can't connect it to your TVVTV. Yes, used to have
someone engineering crew could do it.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh you want to know what Midwest Bougie was back
in the day. We had the VCR DVD combo.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Oh yeah we still do. Oh you still do.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Those Disney Vhs' is one of these days are coming back?

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Ain't that's the truth?

Speaker 5 (03:16):
You know? When you see something like this, it stands
out to me and I invite everyone to watch. I
know people love the Little League World Series. I love
the coverage it gets now on ESPN and ABC. But
last night, I tuned it in and witness this. We
have Tarrek Scubell South Dakota who falls South Dakota has
maxon Snoozy Lake Washington.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
That's right down the middle. That's nine in.

Speaker 5 (03:42):
A row, ten in a row. He struck out ten
batters in a row. He was fantastic. When they pulled
him because of his pitch, County tipped his hat to
the crowd. He was old school and the interview from
his parent was awesome. They talked about his enthusiasm, the

(04:03):
kids were great, the chance of a lifetime to play
here at Williamsport and on national television, and I just
loved it. The purity of Little League World Series action.
And you know what I love is when they included
professional teams. Seattle and New York Mets played Sunday night
in the Little League Classic and they come and they
hang out with the players and sign autographs. They were
like little kids, and it's like, that's what it's all about, folks.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well done, and there you go.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
That is

Speaker 5 (04:32):
I don't think that was part of the Carl Ravage
commentary form last night