Almost two years later, a federal investigation into the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) reached an agreement regarding the religious practices of prisoners on Thursday, Nov. 4. The U.S. Department of Justice investigation and agreement addressed MDOC’s policy of a five-person minimum for group worship and religious activities; its policy […]

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI. Late last night the Michigan State Police (MSP) Operations Center in Lansing received information about a posting on Facebook concerning a mass shooting. Facebook alerted the MSP Operations Center and shared a video posted on social media of a man making threats towards downtown Traverse City. […]

For many Michigan police departments, turning on a body camera is part of an officer’s daily routine. The state Department of Natural Resources could be suiting up similarly if a recently introduced House bill is passed. The bill by state Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain, would require conservation officers to […]

LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed SB 153, the second half of a bipartisan package to repeal the tax on essential menstrual products, including tampons, driving down costs and saving families from paying taxes on up to $4,800 of spending over the course of a lifetime.   “I am proud to be signing legislation that will put Michiganders first, drive down costs on essential products, and lead the way towards creating economic […]

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to look again at a law that allows communities to collect millions of dollars from poor criminal defendants to pay salaries, keep lights on and wax floors in courthouses up and down the state. The issue is whether it’s unconstitutional, especially when a […]

Bills that would require voters to show identification when voting in person, supply identity verification information when voting absentee and make state IDs available for free to low-income persons were vetoed Friday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Senate Bills 303 and 304 would have removed the current voter identification system, where voters can […]

MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICH. — It was after nightfall during a backpacking trip through the Upper Peninsula’s rugged McCormick Wilderness this spring when Nick Hansen first spotted the giant Eastern white pine. Towering on the banks of a stream, illuminated only by the beam of his headlamp, the tree was so […]

A 39-year-old Cadillac man was arrested Sunday after leading law enforcement on a chase through downtown Cadillac and eventually onto M-115. Around noon Sunday, officers from the Cadillac Police Department attempted to stop a Ford Ranger on north Lake Street near Haynes Street for having an improper license plate on […]

ALPENA COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Emergency Support Team (EST) and troopers from the MSP Alpena Post responded to a residence on US-23 in Ossineke for barricaded gunman last week. The incident led to a standoff that lasted several hours. It ended when the suspect surrendered later that […]

A new Michigan State University study finds less than one percent of Michigan third graders were held back this year for failing to meet the state’s reading standard. According to MSU researchers, of the students who participated, 76.1% (or 54.2% of all third-grade students) were eligible for promotion with no additional literacy support, […]