Trending News November 17, 2025

Our top trending stories for Monday November 17, 2025. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And this is West Michigan's Morning News Steve, Kelly, Brett Pakeita.
That's Laurence Smith and it is Monday, November seventeenth, twenty
twenty five. Trending segment brought to you by Consumers Energy,
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
The US military struck down another alleged drug boat Saturday
in the Eastern Pacific, killing three. Both Democrats and Republicans
have criticized those strikes as extra judicial killings, saying the
men aboard deserve due process in a fair trial. Arkansas
Republican Congressman Rick Crawford on Fox News's Sunday Night in America.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
President has designated these traffing organizations as terrorist organizations, and
so the operations that are taking the place against those targets.
These operations are very similar to the kind of counter
terrorist operations that we have seen.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
At least eighty three people have died across twenty one strikes.
Congress passed a Republican back bill last week to end
the government shutdown. Missing from that Bill Democrats proposals to
increase Medicaid spending by over one trillion dollars and extend
Affordable Care Act subsidies. Here's President Donald Trump. They could
put it in a health account.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
We can do it a lot of different ways.

Speaker 4 (01:22):
But they'd buy their own health insurance. They can negotiate price.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
And it's going.

Speaker 5 (01:27):
To be locked, so they can't go out and buy
a Cadillac.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Senate Democrats being given a chance to vote on their
proposals in December. And while Democrats argue that House Republicans
have tried to hie their recently released Epstein documents from
the light of day, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says otherwise.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
We actually brought a motion for unanimous consent the other
day to bring up all the Epstein files. And guess
who objected on the House floor. It was Democrats. And
so you know this idea that the Democrats want it.
They hid the Epstein files for four years.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
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Speaker 2 (02:02):
Also trending this morning. I know quite a few NFL
players are doing this, but yesterday during that Buffalo Bucks game,
you might notice Josh Allen wearing a custom New Era
cap it was a hat designed by patients at Buffalo's
O'shay Children's Hospital. This is very cool. The hat is
then auctioned off to support the Patricia Allen Fund, which

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goes straight to kids care. This week's hat created by
twin six year old brothers Max and Ben. They spent
the first fifty six days of their lives at O'shay's.
Nick you after being delivered at thirty weeks and fans
can start bidding right online. I think that's what a
ton of players have stepped up to do that. And
the hats are really cute. It's just they get a
plain white hat and the kids decorate it and then

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it's auctioned off for a great cost.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Let's get some lions here in town on December fourth
and fifth, when Star one oh five point seven and
B ninety three do the enormous radiothon again.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
That'd be pretty sweet.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Okay, call him rad you probably were there.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, get Sat Brown on the phone.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Look, you're the sports director.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Hey.

Speaker 5 (03:02):
The drive to ford Field continued with regional champions crowned
this weekend either Friday night or Saturday. Congrats goes out
in Division one, East Kent would beat Hunsonville fifty two
to twenty eight, so the Falcons are moving on. They'll
take Detroit Catholic Central on Saturday one o'clock at Whittington
Stadium in Jackson Division two. Portage Central remains unbeaten at
twelve and ozho. They beat Traverse City Central Friday night

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twenty four to twenty. They'll take on Oatchra of Lake
Saint Mary's one o'clock Haslet High School on Saturday over
the Lansing area. In Division three, Mount Pleasant beat East
Grand Rapids twenty eight to fourteen to end their run,
but Lowell, in our Game of the week, beat Zealand
West thirty six to thirty four. So it'll be Mount
Pleasant and Lowell at one o'clock. Greenville High School Beautiful

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set up there at Legacy Field. In Division four, Unity
Christian beat Big Rapids fifty two to fourteen. They now
will take on Vitsburg Vicksburg excuse me, Saturday at one
o'clock kickoff in Caledonia. That is going to be our
ninety six to one the game game of the weekend,
and that'll be a twelve thirty pre game start with
Catholic Becalmas United twenty seven and nothing. They advanced Saturday

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one o'clock Claire High School against Olgama Heights, and finally
in Division six, it was Kent City over Montrose fifty
to twenty. The Eagle is still unbeaten at twelve and zero.
They will take on at Cadillac High School Saturday one
o'clock Kingsley, and that'll be our one oh seven m
us the Moose game of the Week on the Semi
Finals twelve thirty with the pregame