After months of unsuccessfully trying to reach Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration, a group of Michigan Bowling Centers sent a message that couldn’t be ignored – in the form of a lawsuit. They received a response. Multiple agencies sent the boilerplate language “due to legal reasons, we are unable to speak […]

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI. On Monday, July 27, 2020 at approximately 6:00 p.m. troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post were dispatched to a report of a home invasion and assault at a residence on Banks Road in Forest Township. Troopers arrested 21-year-old Daniel Robert Nash of Onaway who […]

OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. Straits Area Narcotic Enforcement (SANE) executed a search warrant at an Otsego County home Thursday afternoon, August 27, 2020. Detectives seized methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Two women were arrested and lodged in the Otsego County Jail. Christina Murie-Beth Kapanke, 26 years of age, Gaylord resident, one count […]

A former Kinross man who police say claimed responsibility for a quadruple homicide in Wayne County on Saturday turned himself in late Sunday amid questions over why previous charges against him were recently dropped. Raymond Lee Bailey, 37, was taken into custody by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office and was expected to […]

Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8. 7 percent in July from 14.8 percent in June though some of the drop could be attributed to uncertainty about the overall size of the workforce, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget said today. The workforce fell by 127,000 from June […]

The Senate today approved a plan agreed to by legislative leaders and the administration stipulating various requirements on attendance, testing and communication with students for schools as they begin the 2020-21 academic year amid the new coronavirus pandemic. While the four legislative leaders and Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday they […]

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has extended her order declaring a state of emergency through Sept. 4, allowing her to keep intact COVID-19-related powers that were set to expire Tuesday. By Sept. 4, the state of emergency will have been in place for 178 days or almost half of the year. The new […]

Today Governor Gretchen took action to elevate Black voices in state government, signing Executive Order 2020-163, which creates the Black Leadership Advisory Council. The governor also signed Executive Directive 2020-9, recognizing racism as a public health crisis and taking initial steps to address it within state government. Under the Executive […]