VIDEO: March 17 kicks off Severe Weather Awareness week in Michigan.
In Mid-Michigan, the Thomas Township Fire Department is partnering with the Saginaw County Emergency Manager and National Weather Service to host a Skywarn training class, completely free and open to the public.
“In the past years, we’ve dealt with severe weather at least a couple times a year, whether it’s the strong winds events or severe thunderstorms, tornado warnings or even with the winter weather,” said Brandon Rossi, Assistant Fire Chief at the Thomas Township Fire Department.
You might be wondering what does Skywarn storm spotting, or Skywarn, even mean. To learn more, we asked Rich Pollman, lead meteorologist at the Detroit National Weather Service office.
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VIDEO: Dave Chmielewski is a retired firefighter from Detroit and like many others in his profession, he always loved to cook and bake during his down time. (You've got to do something while you're waiting on the action, after all.)
While he was always confident in his abilities, when he would make his homemade Toffee Candy, he would get a reaction from his co-workers, friends and family unlike anything else he'd seen before. People would call him at home, begging for a batch of his signature candy.
Dave and his son saw the potential of what he had. A few mason jars and hand printed labels later and that's when Dave's Sweets came to life. He and his son Andrew started commercially selling their candy in 2011 for people from coast to coast to enjoy.
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Dozens of people are staying in a temporary shelter in Dearborn after a hotel fire.
The incident happened Sunday around 1:30 a.m. at Hotel Chataura, on Joseph Street near Michigan Avenue. First responders took one person to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
“I just went to the store and when I come back, the whole hotel, the whole back of the hotel is just in a blaze," a displaced guest told 7 Action News.
Investigators said the fire started in an air conditioning unit. Fire chief Joseph Murray said crews arrived within 6 minutes to heavy fire coming from the second floor and fire damage extending to the third and fourth floors. Seven rooms were completely destroyed.
“A number of residents at the hotel were breaking out windows, and trapped at the fire," Murray explained. “We had to evacuate about 75 people guests of the hotel.”
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