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Friday, May 17, 2013  Rain becomes increasingly likely early next week starting late Monday through Tuesday with rounds of rain and thunderstorms sweeping in.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Classroom Salute stopped by Mrs. Essenberg's Kindergarten class at Ellsworth Community Schools.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  7&4 News stopped by Mrs. Thompson's 2nd grade class as part of our daily classroom salute segment at Sheridan Elementary in Petoskey.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  For this Thursday's classroom salute, we visited Mrs. Hintz's fifth grade class at Sheridan Elementary in Petoskey.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Our classroom salute for this Wednesday was Mrs. Moffatt's 3rd grade class at Sheridan Elementary in Petoskey.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  7&4 News Classroom salute shuffled into Mrs. McDuffie's 4th grade class at East Jordan Elementary School in Charlevoix County.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  With our final days of winter coming up, the weather will feel a little more like it with occasional snow and colder temperatures through Wednesday.

Friday, March 08, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The next storm system for us sweeps in late Saturday evening through Sunday.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Each spring, the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Marquette, Gaylord, and Grand Rapids which cover our entire viewing area host these classes on various days across the region.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  The main concern locally Tuesday night/Wednesday morning would be for patchy areas of freezing drizzle.

Friday, March 01, 2013  7&4 News classroom salute made a trip to Birch Street Elementary in Kalkaska to see Ms. Hill's kindergarten class.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  As if on cue to end what has been a snowy February, snow will diminish with some quieter and more pleasant weather heading into March.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  While snow totals generally ranged from 3-8" across Central/Southern Michigan, parts of Northern Michigan also saw accumulating snow.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Another in a series of winter storms will plow across parts of Michigan Tuesday night/Wednesday, but the heaviest snow will fall across Southern Michigan.

Friday, February 22, 2013  After a brief respite in the weather, another round of snow will cross Northern Michigan along the decaying remains of a storm that slammed the Central Plains.