WSJM Morning News-10/8/2020

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WSJM Morning News-10/8/2020

WSJM News is sponsored by Special-Lite in Decatur & Benton Harbor. There’s a good chance you’ve walked through a special-lite door when you go to a local restaurant, school, store, or plant.

In this edition:

  • Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist is calling on the Michigan Legislature to approve a mask mandate for itself.
  • Organizers of a rally held in Lansing yesterday say the Department of Education is failing Michigan students with learning disabilities.
  • October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month, and some Michigan senators are promoting a package of legislation that would better help children struggling with the learning disability.
  • Celebration Cinema is preparing to begin reopening this Friday. Although not the one in Benton Harbor…yet.
  • Southwestern Michigan College is making good progress on getting its new cross country team up and running, so to speak.
  • Congressman Fred Upton paid a visit to Cassopolis on Wednesday to learn about plans for a state of the art technology park.
  • The historic Jensen Property in South Haven now belongs to the Michigan Maritime Museum.