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Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Saline Schools Start Year with New Faces, Activities and Severe Weather (thesuntimesnews.com) — Saline Area Schools have kicked off the 2026-27 year with 75 new staff members, fresh student activities, and a real-world test of severe weather procedures that briefly halted dismissal. District leaders highlighted new programs, returning alumni now teaching locally, and how staff kept students safe during a Sept. 3 weather warning, reassuring families about emergency readiness.
2. Data center bills sit despite bipartisan agreement that more regulation is needed (legalnews.com) — State lawmakers are sparring over how to regulate the massive data center planned for Saline Township, which could significantly affect local power use, costs, and environmental oversight. Competing Democratic and Republican proposals range from detailed regulations to a moratorium on new projects, while regulators say they want their current protections for ratepayers written into law.
3. CROSS COUNTRY: Staton Leads Saline to Win at Hudson Early Season Invite (thesalinepost.com) — Saline's varsity girls cross country team dominated the Hudson Early Season Invite, led by Savannah Staton's winning run and backed by multiple Hornets in the top 20. With just 16 points—nearly a perfect score—the team outpaced schools from around the region, giving Saline fans an early-season reason to cheer.
4. Saline business sells six-figure Club Keno ticket! (socialhousenews.com) — A lucky Club Keno player scored a $136,660 jackpot with a ticket bought at the Polar Bear Bar on West Michigan Avenue in Saline. The Washtenaw County woman says a simple mistake replaying her numbers led to the windfall, which she and her husband plan to use for their grandchildren's college costs and savings.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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