Trending News June 11, 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is West Michigan's Morning News. Steve Kelly, Brett, Kaita
Laurn Smith on assignment today. It's Wednesday, June eleventh, twenty
twenty five, and this Trending segment brought to you by
Consumer's Energy, dedicated to Michigan and the communities.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
We serve what's not online and what talked now at
Woodradio Dot how.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
This is the Trending Now report on Wood Radio. Delivering
an address Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday in California urging Californians
not to be discouraged by President Donald Trump's response to
those anti ICE protests in Los Angeles, but reminds them
to protest peacefully.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence
to be complicit in this moment.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Do not give in to it. National Guard deployed in
seven hundred Marines currently receiving training before anti ICE protests
in Los Angeles. President Trump threatens protesters while speaking with
reporters outside Air Force One yesterday. Oh, the military will
be very heavy for us. That's so very proud to
tell you that.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
They might as well turn around.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
They're wasting their time. Some of them will end up
in jail for a long period of time. The president
also accused several agitators and paid protesters for inciting violence
amid the drest. Over one hundred and fifty arrests have
been made so far, and US and Chinese officials have
wrapped up trade talks in London as the two countries

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try to bring down tensions. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik
and US Trade Representative Jamison Greer spoke to reporters saying
negotiations have not yet come to an agreement, but a
framework has been reached. Here's US Trade Representative Greer.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
We are very focused on implementing the Geneva Agreement and
the Presidence consensus. That's number one. When that happens, that's
really going to unlock the ability to talk about more things.
And again, there are some things that the Chinese and
US economies they just don't fit together very well. Other
things maybe they do, and they'll be a time for
broader conversations on that.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Geneva Agreement is the deal in which the US and
China promise to reduce tariffs on each other.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
This is it. Steve the final week of the MHSA
Spring sports season, so things wrap up this weekend with
state championships in baseball, in softball, and in soccer. All
we played on the campus of Michigan State University, but
it staggered as far as to get to the semi finals,
which will happen Thursday and Friday. Championships on Saturday for

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the most part, So let's take it through softball quarterfinal
action because baseball already had theirs over the weekend and
we had tons of area teams still live in play.
Yesterday in Division one, Hudsonville was a win over Grand
Ledge nine to one. They will face Selene tomorrow five
thirty at MSU in the girls softball semi finals at

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Sekia Stadium. Division two Escanaba beat Unity Christians, so their
run has done three to nothing in eight innings. Division
three Ravenna from the West Michigan area ten to nothing
or a Buchnadan six innings, so a mercy. They will
face Claire five thirty at MSU on Friday in the semifinals.
All girls softball here in the Division four men to

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beat Manchester eleven nothing in five innings. They'll face Hillman
twelve thirty Friday at MSU. Saganaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary did
end the run for Holtland Division four. They won that
one in a good ballgame, four to three. Now, there
were some soccer girls' semifinals yesterday. Unity Christian gets done
over Grand Rapids Christian in All West Michigan semi final

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one to nothing. So they'll face New Boston You're on
four o'clock on Friday at Michigan State Soccer Complex. That'll
be for the state title. And in Division three Grand
Rapids Catholic Central beat Alligant one to nothing yesterday. They
will face one Regina one o'clock on Friday at MSU
in the Division three state championship game. Two more teams

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in action today in Division four up at Big Rapids
High School. At six o'clock tonight Saga on Novell Catholic
Central will take on Kalamazoo Christian. Best luck to the common.
And then this one I know is big. I'm going
to be heading over I think with my daughter to
watch it. In Division one six point thirty Byron Center,
the Bulldogs will take on Northville at Grand Ledge High
School and again that's a six thirty start tonight, trying

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to get to the state championship game on Saturday.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Just some of the stories we are following for you