| March 4, 2021 
 Last year, wedding planner Jennie Wiegand had 48 couples postpone their weddings. This year, five have already decided to push back their dates to 2022. Engaged couples have had to make some difficult decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Do you put your big day on hold indefinitely? Do you scale back your plans so you can still get hitched? Those are the questions many couples have been making over the past year and continue to make. We spoke with six couples about the ways they have chosen to navigate their nuptials as the pandemic continues to impact daily life. READ MORE ►All the changes Michigan made to COVID-19 restrictions this week  Temperatures in the 60s? Yes, you read that right. Next week, it looks like we will have a warmup that will give us the highest temperatures we have seen since November. Ready to feel some spring warmth? MLive Chief Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa has a look at a forecast that will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But who exactly will get those 60+ temps here in Michigan? Mark will break it all down so you know exactly where you'll want to be for maximum spring comfort: MORE  There are approximately 34,000 cubic yards of PFAS-laden leather manufacturing waste buried at Wolverine World Wide’s House Street dump in Belmont. To dig that material up and move it to a lined landfill designed for hazardous waste would take more than three years and cost about $200 million, according to a study. By contrast, leaving that waste in the ground and planting trees above it with some small capping to alleviate rainwater infiltration in a few spots would take a couple years and cost the company between $6 million and $12 million to build. Take a guess at which option Wolverine proposes. MORE
 As the Spartans and the Wolverines prepare to end the Big Ten men's basketball regular season with back-to-back rivalry games, there is a lot to unpack. Beat writers Andrew Kahn and Kyle Austin are experts on this subject. They go over exactly what to expect in the two matchups, the first of which takes place tonight in Ann Arbor. Sure, the Wolverines have been hot, but they were crushed earlier this week by Illinois. Have they lost steam? Could the Spartans play spoiler? We get some in-depth analysis during a special crossover episode from our Wolverine Confidential and Spartan Confidential podcasts:LISTEN HERE  A very long-held tradition in West Michigan was forgone last year after the coronavirus made its way to the state. The beloved Tulip Time Festival will return this year, though things will be a little different for the celebration of Dutch culture, as organizers keep the pandemic in mind. Traditional events like the parades, Dutch dance performances and carnival won’t be held, but there is a lineup of scaled-back events that comply with COVID-19 gathering restrictions. Oh, and there will certainly be lots and lots of tulips, of course. MORE Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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