The best in the area. The 5, 5:30 and 6 newscast gets better every day. Also on weekends Allie does a wonderful job. Keep up the great work. Lauren is just the best. She always has and will always be my all time favorite. If she ever leaves, so do I.
While the actual live television crew at WLNS does fairly well with keeping up, the same cannot be said for their app. It’s the perfect app if you’re wondering what the news is from three days ago, a week ago, or maybe even a few months prior. If you’d like breaking news or even current happenings for the day, you are out of luck. But hey, at least you can always count on them to leave a story up long enough for you to read it, even if you read at the speed of pond water. 0/10 for quality. Cannot recommend.
I loved watching TV 6 growing up but as time goes on it seems the station is perpetuating a liberal bias. I want the news as in facts and truths and more often than not we are getting the station’s opinions on many articles. I don’t appreciate this. I want to decide on my own based of the facts and truth. Brainwashing is a big issue which I believe affecting all aspects of our lives. I’d appreciate the news if they stopped trying to influence us with their beliefs.
Nice app, but they don't keep it up to date. For example, they were talking about school closings for an ice storm that happened last Thursday. It was Sunday and we were in the middle of a snow storm, which was not not mentioned Update- don't bother, great app but they have an ad flashing in your face every 10 seconds. Cannot read even one article completely without an interruption.
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I was hoping this app would provide me with a quick snapshot of local news and weather. However, EVERY time I open it I am bombarded with horrible, intrusive pop-up advertisements. It’s gotten so bad that instead of “swiping up to dismiss” the ad, I just double click and swipe up to force quit the app. I am so frustrated that I don’t even care about reading local news. May as well just get an app that provides me ads and not news.
When I want to look up an article I seen before can’t find it later. Need a search engine or something like that. Also when something went live can’t see it later when I can watch it. Some of us can’t have our phones when working. Frustrating!
Used to love the app and now I’m going to delete it. Problem is now I’m bombarded with notifications to watch the news. Unless you have lived in a cave for the last 20 years most people have an idea when the news is on. Give me the weather and news notifications and get rid the watch me ads.
Unfortunately after the last update, this app no longer works — the screen is black. I've removed and reinstalled the app and still the same results. I liked the app when it worked, but now it's not useful.
I’ve opted out of select alerts (which is a feature your app offers), but yet I still receive ALL of them! When I open up the app the notification alerts that I received if I long tap on the notification it even says “you have opted out for NOTIFICATIONS alerts” but yet the app still sends them.
When they report it is good. But updates are few and far between. On weekends it could be dats! Why even have an app if you don’t keep users informed ?
This app is junk! When I g we a notification and click on it, the entire screen is black. I deleted it and reinstalled it and it still does the same thing.
What a bias channel all democratic and they are not from our own State, you must think people don’t watch other news you make your newsfeed to what you want not what is the real truth. SHAME ON YOU and some of your newsfeed!
This is the best news app I've found so far. It's very informative, and I feel as though these are actual news stories... I had the fox47 news app before this one and this one is a BIG improvement.
When you get towards the end of an article, the screen bounces up & down so you only get to finish the article about 50% of the time because the bouncing won't let you finish the article! Also when you share an article on Facebook the article's link comes up in the space where you can make a comment before sharing so you have to delete that first. When these issues are fixed I will give a higher rating.
I usually get onto this app often it's just lately I haven't just cause mine is always crashes it crashes about 3 times a day, and also it will send me a notification and I will open it and see what I was being notified about and most of the time the number on the app that says how many notifications it has usually goes away but lately it just stays there and it don't go away and I think it needs to be fixed SOON
I installed this new app/update/whatever-this-was at the urging of a news article on the old app. There are few things I regret more: the scrolling headlines make it nearly impossible for VoiceOver (built-in iPhone screenreader) to follow; there's a "settings" button but no settings options, only version and developer info; and when I clicked on "top 6 news", the app shut down on me, not one or two, but three times. The only thing keeping me from deleting this, um, app, is the hope that the developer will do better next time. UGH!!!
I can watch my local news from anywhere in the state, I think they need to put the wether forecast on the videos portion so we know what the meteorologist is saying. Also you can't view the community calendar, but if you miss the news or have no time for it, this is the mid Michigan news app for you.
I wanted to see a complete list of school closings instead of Concentrating on the bottom of the screen And there were no school closings listed on the app
A pretty good app, overall, with nice speed, pretty interface, and decent video. What drives me nuts are the poorly written articles. Writers seem unable to use proper grammar, punctuation or spelling. So many articles read like something from a teens text message. Please hire an editor to go over this stuff before it goes public.
Liked old app simplicity better. Only Lansing app with easy to find community calendar and up to date school closings. Can't find school closings and now news stories too graphic laden not enough typed info. Takes too long to load now too. You were best but not with this update.
Needs to be updated on weekends. Grammar is terrible. Otherwise good. Works well. Great for local news. Articles are timely but often too brief and appear to be taken directly from presenter's scripts.
There is no sound for any of the videos that I've tried to play. There were also typos in the first two stories I decided to read. Journalism 101: don't allow typos to make it to print. The whole app feels very amateur to me, which is sad, because I actually really like WLNS as a local news station.
Weather section still needs work. The local radar doesn't come up. Some of the maps you can look at show data from an hour or more before, would like to see more real time radar.
The too-brief articles should be proofread and edited before they're published. The weekend news needs to be updated. I only watch WLNS news and weather. The website? Not so much.
I loved this app before the update now it is nearly unusable. You can't scroll through the news without hitting a huge ad and opening safari. Other features including the weather no longer work. Thanks for ruining a perfectly good app WLNS
This app only provides national news feeds and news videos that are at least a month old. If you are looking for an app that provides local Lansing and Jackson news, then look elsewhere.
News has never been more local than in the palm of your hand. The WLNS mobile app brings you all the top stories from our daily broadcasts, as well as stories developing in real time. WLNS-TV based out of Lansing, Michigan is HERE FOR YOU covering top local news, weather, and sports across the Mid-Michigan area including both Lansing and Jackson. If something is happening in your area, the 6 News team will be your trusted source to stay informed with accurate information. We've got top-notch political coverage, with our thumb on the pulse of politics within the Capitol walls, we're the first to break the biggest stories out of Lansing. When it comes to weather the StormTracker 6 team is here for you with coverage before, during, and after the storm, making sure you're on alert, and ready for whatever comes your way. On the field and court, the 6 Sports teams will hit you with a full-court press of coverage, highlights, pre, and post-game coverage; whether it be the Spartans or every play during the high school season. FEATURES: • Watch video of your trusted reporters on the scene, and read revealing articles on what's going on in your community. • Plan your day and week with detailed weather conditions, live alerts of severe conditions, and an interactive radar map. • Optional alerts on breaking news keep you in the know. • On the go? Save stories for later to access at your convenience.
