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Saturday, January 11, 2025
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, […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is considering a statewide court holiday on Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery. The court said it will accept public comment and hold a hearing in the months ahead. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A Marquette man is celebrating the release of his new song highlighting life in the Upper Peninsula. Adam Carpenter, commonly known for his show Adam Carpenter’s Outdoors Show on WFXD, has lived in the U.P. for over 20 years. His new song, called U.P. Life, is now available on […]
A bipartisan package of bills could see the state chip away at its Truth in Sentencing laws by offering inmates the ability to seek an earlier release or parole date through earning what is being referred to as productivity credits. Michigan currently uses mandatory minimum sentencing, meaning that if an […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has recorded more than 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the health department said Wednesday. The state crossed that threshold by reporting 6,079 new cases over the last two days. There have been at least 20,781 deaths in Michigan linked to […]
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig formally announced his campaign for governor Tuesday, but not before protesters derailed his kickoff event at a state park and forced him to move. He effectively has been running for months but waited to make it official. He is among 10 Republicans, all […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A man is dead after falling from a cliff at Presque Isle Park Monday afternoon. It happened just after 1:00 p.m. on the east side of the park, just north of the observation deck. Marquette police say witnesses reported the fall and police, fire and paramedics […]
Until there is a state-issued mandate calling for the vaccination of everyone at the Department of Corrections, the agency will not institute a requirement that a person must be inoculated against COVID-19 if they wish to continue working at any of Michigan’s prisons. Concerns have been voiced by prisoner advocates […]
As schools take the decision of mandatory masking into their own hands, officials with the Michigan State Medical Society said Monday that everyone should wear a face covering indoors regardless of vaccination status. To date, no statewide mask requirement exists, though more than half of Michigan’s public school students are […]