Why is it that when people talk about Michigan or create Michigan memorabilia they sometimes forget to add the Upper Peninsula? Is it because we refer to it as ‘the Mitten?’ I mean, we do have two “mittens” to accurately represent our beloved state. Yet, we don’t. Or maybe it’s […]
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55% Vaccination Threshold Reached, In-Person Work Can Resume
The prohibition on in-person work to slow the spread of COVID-19 will end May 24, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said today as the state hit 55 percent of its population 16 and older having received at least their first dose of a vaccine. Ms. Whitmer had set 55 percent as the threshold when […]
Medina Spirit could lose Ky. Derby win; track bans Baffert
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Medina Spirit’s victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test, one that led Churchill Downs to suspend Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Sunday in the latest scandal to plague the sport. Baffert denied all wrongdoing and […]
Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said. The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado Springs, police said. Officers arrived at a trailer to […]
Capitol rioters make questionable claims about police
PHOENIX (AP) — Joshua Matthew Black said in a YouTube video that he was protecting the officer at the U.S. Capitol who had been pepper sprayed and fallen to the ground as the crowd rushed the building entrance on Jan. 6. “Let him out, he’s done,” Black claimed to have […]
James Craig will challenge Whitmer for governor
Detroit — James Craig, one of the longest-serving police chiefs in the city’s history, will run in a bid to challenge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in next year’s gubernatorial race, a source close to the chief said Friday. Craig, who is expected Monday to announce his retirement from the department, told The Detroit […]
Cases on the rise in eastern U.P.; State launches new vaccine milestone tracker
COVID cases continue to rise in four eastern Upper Peninsula counties. Mackinac County added the most cases throughout April with 131 cases, followed by Luce County with 100 cases. Alger and Schoolcraft Counties each increased by a total of 47 cases, according to the Luce, Mackinac, Alger, Schoolcraft District Health […]
MDHHS ending enforcement of school quarantine guidelines
Local health departments will no longer require area school districts to enforce the state’s COVID-19 quarantine guidelines, which says students in close contact to a person with COVID-19 must stay home. Health officials in Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, and Ionia counties still do recommend districts use the Michigan Department of Health […]
Sheriff: Girl shoots 3 at Idaho school; teacher disarms her
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said. The three victims were shot in their limbs and expected to survive, officials said at a news […]
Man accused of harassing, spitting on media during Gov. Whitmer’s visit to Northern Michigan
LEELANAU COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man has been charged after he allegedly harassed and spit on media members in attendance for a visit from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. According to the Leelanau County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Discovery Pier in the 13000 block of S. West Bay Shore […]