On 9/21/23 at approximately 7pm, troopers from the Michigan State Police, Eighth District Hometown Security Team, were involved in a shooting with a male suspect wanted on a felony warrant. Troopers were attempting to arrest the suspect during a traffic stop on US-41 in Marquette County when the shooting occurred. […]

A COVID shot reformulated for variants circulating this summer could be on its way to Michigan as soon as this week after it was green-lit by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Monday. The FDA approved newly formulated vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer for people who are 12 and older. […]

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — At least seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan as part of severe storms powered by strong winds that killed five people, while downing trees, tearing roofs off buildings and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power, officials said. The National Weather Service on Friday […]

ESCANABA — Governor Gretchen Whitmer was at the Upper Peninsula State Fair on Thursday to talk about her administration’s accomplishments and goals during the annual Lunch With the Governor event, hosted by the Delta County Chamber of Commerce. Whitmer discussed a number of items in the education, housing, and economic […]

When Mitzi Hoffman saw a photo of the doll, she wanted it. “There has to be a way to get it,” the Royal Oak woman in her 70s wrote the Free Press, trying to find out if the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer doll was possibly for sale. If so, she’d buy […]

As evictions go up and now that major COVID-19 pandemic housing protections have ended, renters should know what Michigan law spells out for both landlords and tenants. Eviction is the process that allows a landlord to legally remove a renter from their property. It’s illegal for a landlord to force […]

In 1992, early in his law enforcement career, Larry Weeks applied for one of 16 openings in the Grand Rapids Police Department. There were 250 applicants. Three decades later, Weeks is the police chief in mid-Michigan’s Eaton Rapids, and can’t find people who want to be police officers. He had […]

MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICH. During an investigation regarding child sexual predators in the Upper Peninsula, troopers with the Michigan State Police Eighth District Hometown Security Team had contact on 6/4/23 with a suspect from Houghton County, MI. During the investigation, a trooper with the team was posing as a minor and […]

LANSING, Mich. – Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan legislation allowing alcohol to be sold at college sporting events. She also signed legislation making liquor-to-go permanent which will generate revenue for small businesses.   “The bipartisan bills I am signing today are about fairness, safety, and revenue,” said Governor Whitmer. “Michigan State University and the University of Michigan are two of three Big Ten schools prohibited by law from selling alcohol. Authorizing the legal […]

LANSING (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who acted as fake electors for then-President Donald Trump in 2020, accusing them of submitting false certificates that confirmed they were legitimate electors despite Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, announced […]