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.

1 year ago, GrtLakes

A time machine for news

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.

3 years ago, penny1953

Opinionated channel

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.

4 years ago, Big - DG

Yesterdays News

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.

6 years ago, Supermex81

News 6 is our choice!

News 6 is our choice for local news and weather. Weather on the 6’s in the morning, reliable and accurate reporting, and community support are just a few reasons we love NEWS 6!

5 years ago, xgjklrc

Weather

Watching the weather three xs in one broadcast is way overboard. Fill the slot with a positive community deeds.

5 years ago, hondo517

If you love intrusive, pop-up ads

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.

3 years ago, ?$U Know?

Can’t find

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!

4 years ago, cjdjfjcjdksjxjx

To many notifications

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.

3 years ago, Customer Service is TERIBLE

Fix your alerts!!!

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.

1 year ago, cond22

No timely updates

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 ?

5 years ago, KimberBR

Disappointing Local News Source

•Biased reporting. •Incomplete news stories. •The same news stories remain posted long after they should have been removed. •Too few local stories.

5 years ago, Jane B. From Marshall.

Early AM news and weather

I like Emily and Melissa on the morning news and weather.👍 Jane B. from Marshall.

3 years ago, MBN.com

CEO

Honest, Objective, and always delivered professionally.

4 years ago, bigbruce20

Stop with all the new alerts for live streaming!

It’s too much and not wanted. I want news and weather alerts only.

4 years ago, Are you a real news channel?

Only watch for weather

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!

5 years ago, merrilj4

Good for the most part

Live streaming always crashes if I try to watch on full screen.

4 years ago, Wing2012blue

News alerts

Stop sending news alerts telling me to turn on my TV

4 years ago, Ms . P

WLNS

I’ve been watching forever ! Before Fred was an “ Uncle “ ! Great people providing vital information . Plus nice community involvement.

5 years ago, Ibmssmith3

WLNS News app is not updated timely

Updates to the news are very slow especially on weekends. I rely on WILX to get any current news.

6 years ago, goofy367

Poor update!

Can't get a real weather forecast! Your Changes are terrible. Not Not Not user friendly!

6 years ago, Zeus13169

New format stinks!

Where did the weather coverage go? Less user friendly. Who writes these articles - Mrs. Anderson's third grade class?

10 years ago, Emily13526

Love this app!

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.

3 years ago, pinpoint weather ha!

News

Give unbiased news, stop being an arm of the Democrat party.

3 years ago, zxyad

Bias

Sad

8 years ago, MIbxrmom

Still problems!!! Hope they are fixed soon!!

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.

8 years ago, 315alex

it's ok

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

11 years ago, m dub theme

Positively awful & blind-unfriendly

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!!!

11 years ago, Dr+oz

Best news app

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.

9 years ago, Iamprophet

No School closings?

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

10 years ago, Craigvi

Need an editor

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.

11 years ago, Shutupaboutthekid

Not as simple as old app

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.

9 years ago, Goobersnapper

Good News App

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.

9 years ago, Stress2012

News review

Ok app. Would have give 5 stars except not always up to date and slightly dificult to navigate.

9 years ago, gitmo1

Wlns is great on the go!

When you need to know its great to be able to go to the site and catch up on what's happening in Lansing and the world!

10 years ago, Milindkea

Informative

Useful information, accurate and informative. I like the local aspect and that the school closings are readily available

11 years ago, bvldz

Good design

Not what I expected. Really nice easy to navigate design. And doesn't crash like I thought it would. Nice job WLNS!!!

8 years ago, Jake Przy

No Sound: Amateur Hour

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.

11 years ago, Shannon *:D

Still needs work!

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.

9 years ago, MLOsborn

Someone Should Proofread Before Publishing

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.

8 years ago, Jane-Jenkins

No longer user friendly

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

10 years ago, Xraytox

Great

Easy to get on the go news and weather

11 years ago, Ocsoccl

Getting so much better

Like the format and content. I could tell you had some issues with the new format. Improved!!!!

11 years ago, Conner19

Great news app

I love the new look and it is easy to navigate.

9 years ago, Atari Gurl

Only Old and National News

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.

10 years ago, Wayno2005

Very nice

Much improved , especially like the weather part of it !!!

9 years ago, HoneySmaks

I like it

There are few bugs ever so often but its good

10 years ago, Navybratrik

Freezing

I just had to re-install this app for the second time due to freezing up on my iPhone. If it happens again, I won't install it for a third.

9 years ago, AnnaDanna1

Okay

Could be better with more updates on the weekend.

11 years ago, Eaglelady 1962

Much Include

Deep mall the iPhone website has been much improved, the articles are more informative and spellcheck.

Description

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.

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