The group seeking to amend the Michigan Constitution so that non-citizens are blocked and purged from the voter list and require all voters to show identification when voting has fallen short of the needed number valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, according to Bureau of Elections staff. The […]

Trooper Tom Kinnunen has lived most of his life in the Upper Peninsula, worlds away from where he was born in Korea.  “My parents adopted me when I was one,” said Trooper Kinnunen. “The U.P. is my home. I have a wonderful life and career here, but I don’t know […]

GRAND RAPIDS — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson has selected Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids as her running mate and potential lieutenant governor, she announced Wednesday.  To enact her agenda, “I need a governing partner who has a track record for getting things done,” Benson said in […]

Michigan Republicans are highlighting Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson’s connections to a civil-rights nonprofit facing criminal charges under President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice.  The Southern Poverty Law Center and one of its former executives are accused of defrauding donors by giving payments to members of extremist groups it had recruited as […]

Corrections officers at three Upper Peninsula prisons are planning informational pickets this week to draw attention to staffing shortages they said have created unsafe working conditions across the state. The pickets come nearly a month after the corrections officers’ union unsuccessfully made a formal request to the Democratic administration of […]

LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Whitmer issued the following statement on the planned demonstration in Dearborn Tuesday evening.   “Dearborn is home to one of the most vibrant communities in America. Its residents are our friends and our neighbors.   “Today, a group of agitators is traveling to Dearborn for the sole purpose of […]

Lake sturgeon are one of Michigan’s most unique and interesting fish, and you have the chance to see them up close and in person this Labor Day weekend. To learn more about what goes into rearing sturgeon, you’re invited to take a free tour at the Black River hatchery Saturday, […]

WEXFORD COUNTY, MICH. In February 2026, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) CadillacPost began an investigation after a woman reported that she believed she was being tracked by a GPSdevice. The preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect, Jason Jenema, 49, was hired by the victim toinstall modifications to her […]

Dearborn — Self-described anti-Islamic activist Jake Lang said he expects trouble when he and his supporters come to Dearborn Tuesday for a planned rally and pig roast — a dig at Muslims, whose religion eschews eating pork. “Does the sun rise in the east?” Lang said during a telephone interview with […]