WSJM Morning News – December 28, 2018

  • As the partial shutdown of the federal government nears a week old, how could farmers in the state be impacted?
  • A beloved elementary school principal in southwest Michigan has died after suffering complications from what was called routine knee surgery.
  • The Lincoln Township Police Department says it’s been able to identify the four suspects who robbed the Meijer in Stevensville last week.
  • Due to unpredictable winter weather and costs, the city of Buchanan has discontinued its annual winter Thrill on the Hill event.
  • A reveal party for the first season of Benton Harbor’s new GhostLight Theater will be held this Sunday.
  • There are a lot of newly-minted millionaires in the state this year.
  • The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is optimistic for 2019.
  • Governor Snyder has vetoed a bill that would have created a new system in Michigan for abandoning unwanted babies.
  • We could learn the fate of struggling retailer Sears today.
  • Guatemala has sent an official diplomatic note to the Trump administration demanding answers on the death of an 8 year old boy who died in U-S custody.
  • Macaulay Culkin’s got a new middle name, of sorts.