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Thursday, April 25, 2024
On Earth Day, Michigan was provided some additional help from Washington for its efforts in transitioning to renewable energy powering people’s homes through an announcement of federal grant monies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday $159 million in grant funding to the state of Michigan through Inflation Reduction Act […]
The Postal Service allows countless Americans to stay in touch and receive the goods they need, no matter where they live. It’s absolutely critical to our country So, when service is disrupted, it has serious consequences for communities in Michigan and all across the United States. Unfortunately, that’s happening right […]
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI. On Friday, April 19, 2024, at approximately 11:00 p.m. troopers fromthe Michigan State Police (MSP) Traverse City Post stopped a vehicle for a moving violation on US-31South in Blair Township. The driver, a 44-year-old woman from Kingsley, was looking through her purse when the trooper noticed […]
LANSING — Republican leaders in the state House and Senate want Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to deploy the Michigan National Guard to the country’s southern border to help deter illegal immigration, and they’re calling for an $8 million budget allocation to do so. Thursday’s request from House Minority Leader Matt Hall […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. and Ontario – A pair of nesting peregrine falcons is back this spring to raise a family at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. They’ve apparently decided to maintain dual residency, feathering their nest on the U.S. side of the span after nesting on the Canadian side last […]
The recidivism rate tracked by the Michigan Department of Corrections reached its second-lowest level since the department began tracking the data, officials announced Tuesday. The corrections department cited data on the three-year recidivism rate of the 2020 release group. That rate was 22.7%, up by 0.6% from last year, but […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – When Brendan Fisher began his 13-month adventure as a heavy equipment mechanic for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), he brought pieces of the Mackinac Bridge with him. When he returned, he brought a piece back, as well as stories to accompany it, that he presented this month to […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker was raising millions of dollars from his powerful post. Lee Chatfield misused various political […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – All but one person was able to escape a house fire overnight in Sault Ste. Marie, according to a release penned by the chiefs of both the city’s fire and police departments. We’re told when first responders arrived to the house shortly after 11:15 p.m., […]
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post is announcing the arrest of 50-year-old Jamie Allen Rocheleau of Cheboygan, for possession child sexually abusive material and aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material. The investigation began in January 2024 when troopers from the MSP Gaylord Post were asked […]
