DAVISON (DTV) – (10/3/2025) – The opportunity to play Davison football means more to senior Jaxson Dosh than you may think. Being the quarterback is not just a passion of his, but a life long dream he has had since he was a kid. And now that he has this position, it’s not about personal glory. He has his eyes set on something bigger!
DTV Unveils Major Expansion, Launching Mobile Apps with 24/7 Access and Full HD on Charter Channel 191
DAVISON (DTV) – (8/7/2025) – DTV is making a major upgrade to its broadcasting services, significantly expanding its reach to the Davison community and beyond. Beginning August 26, 2025, viewers will be able to access DTV programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on mobile devices via the new DTV Stream app, on popular streaming platforms, and can tune into a new, fully operational HD broadcast on Charter Channel 191.
The expansion includes:
- Mobile apps: The new “DTV Stream” app is available for free download from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, providing 24/7 access to DTV programs and events.
- Streaming platforms: DTV’s content will now also be available on Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV.
- Coming Soon: Full HD on Charter Channel 191: The station’s Charter channel will begin broadcasting in full high definition, offering a superior viewing experience for the community.
“This is a really big move for us,” said DTV Teacher Randy Scott “With 24/7 access on the new app, it’s going to be so easy for our community to access DTV now, and the content will look so much better with our new HD channel. This expansion is a testament to the hard work of our students and staff, and we are thrilled to bring our content to more people in more ways than ever before”.
For more than 20 years, DTV has been the source for student-produced news, sports, and student life coverage in the Davison School District. A state-of-the-art studio, funded by a 2020 voter-approved bond, provides students with professional-grade equipment and an invaluable learning experience in broadcasting.
About DTV
DTV is a public education channel programmed by Davison Community Schools. Run by Davison High School students, DTV produces a daily newscast and covers live and recorded events, such as football games, basketball games, and school concerts. DTV airs on Charter Channel 191.
DTV is a public education channel programmed by Davison Community Schools. Run by Davison High School students, DTV produces a daily newscast and covers live and recorded events, such as football games, basketball games, and school concerts. DTV airs on Charter Channel 191.
You can find DTV’s new streaming app on multiple platforms by clicking the links below:
The Effects of Social Media on Kids
DAVISON (DTV) – (6/12/2025) – Social media is harming teens. At least according to an American Psychological Association study.
Amy Hyrman says, “Social media, you know, reaches hundreds or thousands of people instantly if they’re looking at it. Again, whether that’s positive or negative in that instance, it can be hugely impactful.”
Another study from Yale Medicine says that teens who use social media over three hours each day face twice the risk of having negative mental health disorders. But to Olivia Wilson, a freshman at DHS, one hour on social media goes by what feels like a minute.
“I’d say like 6 to 8 hours. It’s mostly for entertainment. I just do it because I can’t find anything else to do.” says Olivia.
Even Olivia can feel the effects of social media on her health.
“Sometimes I think I’m on it all the time when I have my phone and it just, like, makes my energy go down because I just sit there and I watch things, and I don’t get up and be active.” said Olivia.
Another problem with social media is that it causes kids to spend less time talking to other people in person. The Royal Society for Public Health saw that people ages 14-24 said that time on social media led to feelings of loneliness.
Olivia said, “I don’t get out that much to talk with my friends because I’m on social media.”
Kids often find that making friends online can be easier than making friends in real life.
“You can’t see, like, who the person is behind the screen. You can only have pictures of them. And then you can text them instead of being face to face.” Olivia said.
Although making friends online may seem easier, it can limit teenagers’ ability to pick up social cues and cut off time teens spend together in real life. Ms. Hyrman, a counselor at DHS thinks we should limit the time we spend on our devices
“I think our phone time should probably be no more than, like, an hour. Hour and a half a day.” said Ms. Hyrman
Exposure to social media can trigger pathways in your brain, similar to an addiction.
Ms. Hyrman says, “We all like instant gratification. We don’t like to be bored as humans. And that as soon as we start to feel bored, I feel like we just look at our screen, whether we are a ten year old or a 20 year old or a 50 year old.”
Even with warnings kids like Olivia are still stuck scrolling through social media.
While it may seem hard to break away from a phone screen, there are many ways to distract yourself from scrolling for long periods of time.
Olivia said, “I could like, put my phone down for a bit, like, set a screen time on it so that it goes off at a certain time.”
“Do something else. Find some of those things that we enjoy, like play with your dog, pet your cat, go out with friends.” Ms. Hyrman said.
Replanting for Local Ecosystems
COLUMBIAVILLE (DTV) – (6/16/2025) – On a cold Sunday morning in the middle of November, dozens of people banded together with shovels and gloves to show their love for the environment. The Flint Watershed Coalition was issued a grant to plant 5,000 trees throughout Genesee County. 500 of those were planted close to home at the Wolverine Campground in Columbiaville.
“The Watershed Coalition partners with Genesee County Parks on many projects, so it just seemed like a natural fit to reach out to the county park system to put some trees in here,” says FRWC Education Manager Tom Esper.
Hammer the dibble into the ground, make a hole and plant the tree. It’s easy as that, but such a simple task carries more weight than anyone can imagine. Not only are trees good for the world but they’re good for the local ecosystem as well. It’s another small step forward towards facing a big problem; Climate Change.
“The trees are going to help filter water. It’s gonna provide fresh air. As the trees grow, they’re gonna provide habitat for all kinds of creatures, and there are all kinds of creatures here at Wolverine Campground,” says Esper.
Trees aren’t just superheroes for the climate and local ecosystems. They have sentimental values as well. Many Michiganders have grown up surrounded by beautiful lush wilderness and tall trees that provide the basis for tons of outdoor fun.
“I’ve spent my whole life outdoors. I worked here last summer, I go camping all the time. It’s just kind of by thing to be outdoors so anything I can do to help the environment really resonates with me,” says DHS Student Caleb Cottongim.
Student life balance
DAVSION (DTV) – (6/5/2025) – Like a good track runner, Natalie Luttermoser, a junior at Davison High School, never slows down even in her personal life.
“So, of course, I do school every single day and then every day. Well, not right now, because we’re on a break, but I do pom, we do practices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, unless there’s competition. Then we add Wednesdays and Saturdays, and then I do work on weekends, and then I work on Mondays and Wednesdays at gymnastics down in downtown Davison.” said Natalie. “And then I work at Davison Dairy Queen on the weekends. And then in my free time, I tend to babysit at home.”
Even though Natalie is a pretty busy student, she still makes time for the things she enjoys.
“I spend time doing homework. I spend time just playing games with some of my friends, and then I like to go outside and go and run sometimes.” Natalie said.
Between school, hobbies, and work, Natalie can quickly find herself overwhelmed, but she finds ways to work around her issues and find the fun in them.
“Honestly, it’s just… you have fun with it. You schedule everything right before, like, not even right before, you schedule something about a week out from what you have to do, and then you have fun with it.”, said Natalie.
It is important to enjoy what you do, but it’s also important to not over-schedule yourself. Students may not realize that they are doing a lot of activities, but are overbooking themselves.
“Sometimes we’re imbalanced a little bit and we don’t realize why we’re being imbalanced, but it’s really because, hey, we were texting for 2.5 hours out of the day. That’s a long time, right? And that could be more productive in a different way. But we also need to make sure that we’re having fun and that, you know, we’re enjoying ourselves as well.” said Amy Hyrman, Davison High School counselor.
Some tips for enjoying being a teen, is to experience the social, sporting and cultural aspects of being a student.
“You really have to look in our ownself, like, do we have enough time in order to get all of those things that we have going on accomplished? And if we don’t, what do we need to dial back?” Said Amy Hyrman.
It is recommended that students take personal time and enjoy themselves with not only things they enjoy, but also work on stuff that is necessary for student life development.
“Don’t do things that will make others happy. Make stuff in your schedule for stuff that will make you happy.”, said Natalie.
Watch the full story HERE
2025 DHS Graduation Ceremony
DAVISON (DTV) – (6/9/24) – The Davison High School graduation ceremony is tonight, Monday June 9th at the Dort Financial Center. It will start at 7 p.m. No tickets are needed and there is no set number of guests allowed per graduate. Doors to the arena will open at 5:30 p.m.
The Dort Financial Center charges $10 for parking and only cash will be accepted. The Dort Financial Center does have a bag policy. It is strongly recommended by the event center to avoid bringing bags to events. However, if necessary, visitors may bring:
Small non-clear bags not larger than 4.5″ x 6.5″ x 1.5″ in dimensions
One-gallon clear plastic freezer bags (e.g., Ziplock bags)
Medical or diaper bags must measure smaller than 14” x 14″ x 6″ and are required to pass through security inspection.
All visitors will be required to pass through a metal detector so it is encouraged that students and their families arrive early in order to ensure they have enough time to enter and find their seats.
Click HERE for the Bag and Security policy at Dort Financial Event Center.
DTV will be streaming the event LIVE on our YouTube channel starting at 7 p.m. You can also download the new DTV News app for smart TVs! Just go to wherever you download apps and search “DTV News”. This is available for Roku, Fire, and Apple smart TVs.
DHS ESports team celebrates nationals/hosts upcoming tournament
DAVISON (DTV) – (06/05/25) -DHS ESports Varsity Smash Bros. Crew Battle team, Davison Jab-Lock, earned the chance to compete at the national level after placing at the MiHSEF state finals. During the weekend of May 30th, they traveled to Beloit, Wisconsin for the Eclipse Scholastic E sports Showcase National Competition. Several colleges were there to scout prospects, including Illinois Tech, UW-River Falls, and Lakeland University to name a few.
The first rounds of play were broken up into round robin pools consisting of 8 players each. Each pool had top players from different states. All players in every pool would have to play each other and only the top 2 players from each pool would go on to compete in the finals bracket.
Junior Sam Laatz placed 20th overall, finishing his pool with a 3 wins and 4 loss record. Junior Graham Williams finished his pool with a record of 4 to 3, placing 15th overall. And the team’s highest placement was Junior Aidyn Harrison in 13th with a 4-3 record.
During their trip they were able to do some sightseeing in Chicago.
DHS ESports crew did some sightseeing in Chicago, IL. Here they are at the famous “Chicago Bean” Cloud Gate, in Millennium Park
On the way back home to Davison, they made a final stop to a DTV favorite, the last Hot n Now, which is in Sturgis Michigan.
On Saturday June 7th, the ESports team will be celebrating their return home from nationals by hosting an all-ages Super Smash Bros. tournament. They’re calling it “The Bird House 2” and it will held in the media center at Davison High School.
There will also be featured side events of Smash 64 on original hardware, Bopl Battle, and more!
This event is being run through Start.gg. Entrants will need a Start.gg account register.
Cost: Entry is $10 per entrant. Entry includes Main Bracket and AMs. Additional Brackets are $5 per entrant each. Cash ONLY. Pay at entry.
Time: Check-in starts and doors open at 1pm, Doubles Starts at 2pm, Main bracket starts at 3pm. The Event and all brackets should conclude by 8pm.
Bracket Size: Due to venue limitations, the main bracket size is limited to 64 entrants.
Setups: BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLERS! Extra Switch Consoles with the game plus DLC and GC adapters will be needed and are greatly appreciated. The Davison ESports Club will be providing 10 stations with Monitors, Docks, and Speakers.
Surviving Sexual Assault: One student’s journey to healing
DAVISON (DTV) – (6/5/2025) – One in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have faced some form of sexual abuse in their lifetime, but many young people go their whole lives never speaking a word of their trauma.
Davison High School Junior, Isabella Perez, was sexually assaulted at the start of her high school career. Her trauma rocked her world, making her teenage years even harder than they should have been. Now, 2 years after the event, she is telling her story in hopes that others will have the courage to do the same.
If you or someone you know are a sexual assault survivor;
Call: 855-864-2374
Text: 866-238-1454
Chat Online: mcedsv.org/hotline/hotline-chat
Effects of Extreme Weather On Local Farms
DAVISON (DTV) – (6/4/2025) – Farmers in Michigan rely on the rain to keep their crops nice and healthy. But when the rain becomes too much it can cause problems for the farmers. The Davison area usually gets about 11 inches of rain every summer.
This past summer Davison got about 6 inches of extra rain. The problem is that most of that extra rain happened between August and November right in the middle of the harvesting months. And for farm owners like Bill Hunt this could be disastrous. Hunt says “The weather started crazy last August, and never really stopped. It rained all pretty well in August. September, October. November. So our harvest was delayed almost two months.”
The timing of this extra rain caused several problems for the farmers. The main problem was flooding in the fields. These floods killed some crops and muddied up the soil. The summer heat was not enough to evaporate the excess water, leading to even more damage and delayed the harvest.
This Harvest delay can really affect these local farms and markets, and the effects of the rain and drought make it hard for crops to grow leaving these farms on a time crunch to harvest and sell before their winter due date.
“The Market right now is this low as it’s been in the last – it’s a shortage of crops because they’re flooded.” Hunt said.
With unexpected conditions come unexpected results and Hunt Farms has seen the damage and impact it had on their growing crops.
“The worst rain we had — 2 to 4%” he said, “We lost some corn – So yes, it was a tough year for us.”
In Michigan, the Weather can change in an instant, and with crops adjusting could be the key to survival.
“There’s nothing we can add to this fertilizer, to the seed or to anything like that. We can buy better genetics that can handle more adversities, which we tend to try to buy anyhow because in Michigan we can have a multitude of weathers all in the same 3 or 4-month period” Hunt commented.
Effects of Childhood Poverty
GENESEE COUNTY (DTV) – (6/4/2025) – In the United States over 11% of people are living in poverty. Here in Genesee County, that number for just children living in poverty more than doubles to 25% However, trying to identify it can be a challenge.
“Poverty does not look the same for everybody. So it’s important to know that, some common signs of a child being in poverty could be some different clothing issues or lack of hygiene because they’re not able to necessarily do those things.” said Carrie Chanter.
Carrie Chanter fights poverty every day. She works for Genesee Health System, which is a service that provides resources for families in Genesee county. Poverty can take on many forms, and for many kids, school may not be their first priority.
“If you are living in poverty every day, waking up to an alarm, getting to school with reliable transportation is not always the first need.” , said Chanter. “And they usually have to deal with a lot of other life issues that come with poverty. A lot of other things that they have to worry about that kids that aren’t in poverty don’t have to worry about”
For children, poverty can follow them through their adult life. The depression, anxiety, and shame that come with childhood poverty can create long lasting trauma that is hard to recover from.
“ A child living in poverty is less likely to finish school, is less likely to go on to any sort of skilled trade or college, and that could potentially lead to poverty in the future,” said Chanter.
Along with services like the Genesee Health System offers, schools are another major resource for food and clothing. All students in Michigan public schools receive free breakfast and lunch.
Davison High School has the Cardinal Closet available for students. Many clothing items from the closet are on display outside of the main office that all students are allowed to take or contribute to at all times.
“It’s not just the stuff out here. You can also come down to the room and pick out anything that’s in there. We also have food too.” said DHS student Ainsley Dockery.
“The counselors are in here pretty frequently. If they’re not talking to their counselor, or they don’t have a relationship with them, they can reach out to one of their teachers and their teachers can reach out to the counselors.” said DHS Teacher Brett Coron. “I think just knowing that we’re doing some good for students and families in our community that may be struggling.”
“It’s okay to have a friend that doesn’t maybe have the money you do, but you’re also assisting in helping connect and provide” said Chanter.
Students and staff are encouraged to donate gently used clothing, shoes, and non-perishable food items to the Cardinal Closet located at Davison High School. You can make a difference one donation at a time.
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