On 01/26/2023 at approximately 2:45pm, troopers from the Manistique Outpost and Gladstone Post received a call for a snowmobile crash where a female struck a tree on Trail 413 near Camp 7 Rd. in Schoolcraft County. Michigan State Police troopers, Commercial Motor Vehicle officers, Manistique Public Safety officers, Inwood Fire […]
Michigan News
Minimum wage increase set for February blocked by Michigan court
A panel of Michigan judges on Thursday overturned a lower court’s ruling that would have raised Michigan’s minimum wage rise to $13.03 an hour and increased the tipped minimum wage to $11.73 an hour next month. The Michigan Court of Appeals decision, which took effect immediately, determined a controversial legislative […]
Retirement Tax Bill Passes Senate With 2023 Tax Year Effective Date
The Democratic-led Senate passed legislation Thursday rolling back the state’s tax law on pensions with some bipartisan support, rejecting amendments and calls by Republicans to provide an equal tax break for all seniors. Passing by a vote of 23-15 was SB 1 , which would roll back changes to the […]
Whitmer urges ‘immediate’ tax relief, gun reforms in Michigan
Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for immediate tax relief to help Michiganians cope with rising prices and “commonsense” action to combat gun violence on Wednesday night in a speech that laid out her policy vision for the first year of her second term. Whitmer, a Democrat who was reelected […]
STORY UPDATED – Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force distributes story on missing Clare Co woman
UPDATE: Authorities with the Clare County Sheriff’s Office found a missing woman deceased in a wooded area on Saturday, January, 28. Sara Elizabeth Burns, 34, was reported missing on Jan. 17. She was last seen leaving her residence in the Houghton Lake-area on Jan. 9. According to the sheriff’s office, […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer open to charging tolls on Michigan roads
LANSING — Toll roads could be part of a broader plan to reimagine infrastructure funding as electric vehicles become more popular and limit fuel tax revenues, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday. Whitmer, who first won election in 2018 on a pledge to “fix the damn roads,” said the four-year, […]
Agriculture for Tomorrow Conference
Wednesday, March 8 in Escanaba
Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) will once again host the annual Agriculture for Tomorrow Conference in Escanaba. The event will take place March 8th, 2023 from 9:15am – 4:05pm ET at the Heirman University Center, Room 952 at Bay College in Escanaba, MI. A keynote address will discuss findings of […]
Michigan wolf population holding steady, 2022 survey shows
Michigan’s gray wolf population remains stable and might have reached its natural ceiling after mounting a decadeslong comeback in the Upper Peninsula, state biologists said after the latest survey. An analysis of data collected in 2022 produced an estimate of 631 wolves, give or take 49, the Department of Natural […]
Democrats eye Right to Work repeal, critics warn of consequences
Democratic Michigan lawmakers say repealing the state’s “right to work” law is at the “forefront” of their agenda this term. The 2013 policy bans making the payment of some union fees a condition of employment. It was a major Republican priority at the time. State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) is […]
State Police Seeks Volunteers to Participate in Training Exercises with Trooper Recruits
LANSING, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) has created a Civilian Actor Program (CAP) and is soliciting citizen volunteers who want to serve as actors in scenario-based training with members of the 143rd Trooper Recruit School (TRS) and their instructors. The goal is to create a diverse pool of actors […]