Authorities are currently on the lookout for a runaway teenage girl in the Upper Peninsula Monday afternoon. Via Facebook posts by Jamie Koski and WBUP ABC 10 Ishpeming, police say that 16-year-old Aili Biddle ran away from home during the early morning hours between 12:00 and 5:00 am. Aili is believed […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan is distributing 10 million free KN95 masks to help protect residents from COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday. Health experts suggest stepping up protection against the highly contagious omicron variant with stronger masks such as N95s or KN95s. The state health department […]

CALUMET, MI – A teenager has been arrested after a woman was found dead in the Upper Peninsula. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded to the scene of the shootingat a home on Quincy Street in Franklin Township at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Monday. Deputies from the […]

MARQUETTE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes AgainstChildren (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Thomas Charles Raymus, 37, of Marquette, forchild sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime. The investigation was initiated when a tip was received from the […]

LANSING, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Missing Children’s Clearinghouse invites fifth grade students statewide to participate in the 2022 National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest.  The annual contest creates an opportunity to promote child safety while discussing the issue of missing and/or exploited children.  There are over 900 missing children […]

Michigan may have undercounted the number of COVID-19-related deaths in long-term care settings by nearly 30 percent, according to a state review expected to be released Monday. But preempting the public release of the report, the head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services criticized the findings as […]

Former House Speaker Lee Chatfield is being accused of sexual assault, an attorney for the accuser confirmed this evening. The Lansing City Pulse first reported the accusations. Jamie White, a Lansing attorney representing the accuser, confirmed that a criminal complaint was filed with the Lansing Police Department containing allegations of sexual […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan likely paid about $8.5 billion in fraudulent jobless benefits over a 19-month period during the coronavirus pandemic, far more than previously estimated, according to a report released Wednesday by the state’s unemployment agency. The figure, provided by Deloitte, came more than a year after the firm said […]

LANSING, Mich. – Ahead of the Peach Bowl between the Michigan State University Spartans and the Pittsburgh Panthers, Governor Gretchen Whitmer today declared Thursday, December 30 as Spartan Day in Michigan.  “I encourage every Michigander to root for the Spartans as they take on the Pittsburgh Panthers in the Peach Bowl,” said Governor Whitmer. “Spartan teams are never beaten, […]

Michigan’s fourth COVID-19 surge hit a grim milestone this month where the average number of people dying of the disease each day over a seven-day period hit 100 for the first time in a year. From November 30 through December 6, 737 people died of COVID-19, or 105 per day. […]