103.7 The Beat & M106-FM to Host 2019 City Election Debate

For Immediate Release 103.7 The Beat/M106-FM 2019 City Election Debate Muskegon/Muskegon Heights, MI-October 30, 2019-103.7 The Beat and M106-FM are having a debate for the city of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights. Candidates include: city commissioners from Ward I Jennifer Ross, Ward II Jeanette Burt-Moore and Willie German Jr., and Ward III Michael Ramsey and Lawrence Spataro, Muskegon Heights Mayoral candidates Kim Sims and Walter Watt, and Muskegon Heights City Council candidates Derrick Collins,Ulis Ellis Jr., Dari Hines and Kellie Kitchen. […]

October 30, 2019

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Muskegon Heights Selected for Transportation Department Grant

Funding to cover construction costs of improvements to local roads MUSKEGON HEIGHTS — State Rep. Terry Sabo (D-Muskegon) welcomed news today that the city of Muskegon Heights has been selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation to receive a Transportation Economic Development Fund grant. This is a competitive grant that is made available to eligible road agencies throughout Michigan and is […]

December 18, 2018 1

Local Government

Meet the Muskegon Heights City Manager Finalists

Meet the Muskegon Heights City Manager Finalists By Teresa Taylor Williams Muskegon, MI The search is nearly over for the new Muskegon Heights City Manager. The public is invited to meet the four finalists at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Muskegon Heights City Hall, 2724 Peck Street. The finalists are Harey Staven of Oregon, Robert Fowler of Ohio, and Patrick Jordan and Jacob Elkholm, both of Michigan. After nearly a year, Muskegon Heights Mayor Kimberley Sims said she and the City […]

August 17, 2016 1

Politics

Transcript of President Obama’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Hello, America. Twelve years ago tonight, I addressed this convention for the very first time. You met my two little girls, Malia and Sasha – now two amazing young women who just fill me with pride. You fell for my brilliant wife and partner Michelle, who’s made me a better father and a better man; who’s gone on to inspire our nation as First Lady; and who somehow hasn’t aged a day. I know the same can’t be said for […]

July 28, 2016

Politics

Water Crisis in Flint

By: Emily Guiles The city of Flint Mich. is currently going through an ongoing battle with their water and piping. Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards, who has dealt with these circumstances before in Washington in 2010, has been investigating the water and its lead levels and has confirmed that they are some of the highest he had ever seen. Edwards shared this information with the Environmental Protection Agency, but was ignored by a high ranking EPA official who in turn […]

February 16, 2016 2

Community Events

Election Results and What To Expect From Your New Mayor

By: Emily Guiles It has been decided in the November 3rd election that Kimberly Sims will be the next Mayor of Muskegon Heights, Sims gathered 37 percent of the votes, the runner up was former councilwoman, Dorothy Scott, followed by Bonnie McGlothin and Eddie Jenkins. The first order of business Sims says she will undertake is to make sure that everyone on the council is on the same page and that they are a unified front. Sims has already served […]

November 5, 2015 1

Community Events

A New Council

By: Emily Guiles Along with getting a new Mayor the city of Muskegon Heights can also look forward to receiving new members to their Council. These candidates for Muskegon Heights City Council are; Dave Alves, former fire chief in Muskegon Heights who feels that he has unique qualifications as he already has experience as a department leader. Kelly Kitchen, longtime resident of Muskegon Heights with no prior experience in the government of Muskegon Heights, feels as though she can bring […]

October 29, 2015 1

Community Events

A Death In The Council

By: Emily Guiles The recent Muskegon Heights council meeting was somewhat forlorn, as the council members remembered their recently deceased friend and colleague, Councilman McDonald. McDonald was elected to the council in 2013 and his time on council was not set to expire until 2017. McDonald had been battling illness for some time, but still devoted much of his energy to the council and its endeavors. During the city council meeting Mayor Darrell Paige acknowledged council man McDonald and held […]

October 28, 2015

Politics

Op Ed/Barbara Lee “Why Donald Trump is Dangerous”

In industrialized societies like the US, where institutions formally frown on gender violence, it still permeates our cultural fabric. Rap music insults women and calls us ‘whores’; men's magazines, internet pornography and even mainstream advertising celebrate gang rape; and societal pressures, perhaps most dominant in women’s magazines, induce young women to starve themselves. This is the implicit oppression of women that permeates our own culture. One recent study shows that women have 13 negative thoughts about their body each day […]

August 20, 2015

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