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TO INSPECT NIGHTMARE. TREE, LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. >> DIGITAL HOST PHIL PERSKY JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S TRENDING ONLINE TODAY AND FILL ONE STORY IN PARTICULAR IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION ONLINE. THAT'S RIGHT. A MILLION RICK. WE LOOK FORWARD ADDRESS KEY SUNDAY STORY. EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND IN THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT. THE SUNDAY STORY. WE ARE GETTING A HISTORY LESSON ON MICHIGAN'S MOST NOTORIOUS TRAIN ROBBER. JOHN SMALLEY NOW SMALLING NEVER SPEND TOO MUCH TIME HERE IN MICHIGAN. BUT HE DID IN FACT SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME HERE HOLDING UP TRAINS AND FLEEING FROM AUTHORITIES DURING THE LATE 1800'S. HE SAID TO HAVE STOLEN MORE THAN $40,000 DURING ONE ROBBERY ALONE AND BILL WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT 1 MILLION DOLLARS. TODAY YOU READ YOU CAN READ UP ON THE FAMOUS LIKE INFAMOUS LEGACY OF SMALLEY OVER ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. SWITCHING GEARS NOW HOLLAND HOSPITAL AND LIFE EMS ARE TEAMING UP FOR A CHARITY EVENT TOMORROW. IT'S THE FIRST-EVER STUFF, THE AMBULANCE EVENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN BRING IN SCHOOL AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO HELP STUDENTS IN THE HOLLAND SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE NURSING PROGRAM AT HOLLAND HOSPITAL. WE SPOKE TO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS EARLIER TODAY ON THE LIVE DESK AND YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO HELP BY CHECKING OUT THAT STORY ON WOOD TV DOT COM. AND FINALLY KNOW WE'RE STILL A WAYS AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN. BUT NOW IS THE TIME WHEN WE START SEEING MORE AND MOR SPIRIT HALLOWEEN STORES POPPING UP AROUND TOWN. IT'S A TREND THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN. EVERY SINGLE FALL SO MUCH SO THAT IT'S BECOME A BIT OF A MEME ONLINE. BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A SCIENCE BEHIND HOW THE COMPANY PICKS ITS STORES. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF PICKING THE NEXT HALLOWEEN STORE LOCATIONS. YOU CAN FIND IT. ALL RIGHT. NOW OVER ON OUR WEBSITE, WOOD TV, DOT COM. AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE EACH STORE, AS YOU KNOW, ONLY OPEN COUPLE MONTHS OUT OF YEAR. SO HOW THEY DECIDE TO PICK IT AND WHERE THEY DECIDE TO PUT THEM IS ACTUALLY PRETTY ENTERTAIN. AND I KNOW HAVE TALKED WITH HIM AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF. >> DISPEL ALL OF THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE OPENS MY YOUNGEST CAN FIND AUTUMN. AL. YEAH, THEY SEE THE SO YEAH, MILD OUT IT'S JUST IT'S LIKE A GPS FOR TO TO BE FAIR. I HAVE ALSO STARTED SPEAKING IN THERE JUST TRYING TO GET SOME IDEAS. BUT, YOU KNOW, STILL LOOKING. I I CAN'T. WHAT DID YOU GO AS LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR I WENT AS JULIA CHILD. AND THE PHOTOS OF BRING THEM ON THURSDAY. PROMISED ON

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