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Sunday, April 20, 2025
LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer today issued Executive Directive 2021-02 to help bridge the digital divide by establishing the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI) to make high-speed internet more affordable and accessible. With high-speed internet becoming a necessity in our educational, professional, and personal lives, the new office will be dedicated to coordinating and advancing the State’s efforts to ensure that every home and business in […]
SAULT STE MARIE MI – Troopers from the Sault Ste Marie Post were called to the scene of a residential structure fire on 10 Mile Rd in Chippewa County on May 31. Upon arrival, troopers found a camper trailer fully engulfed in flames. Multiple individuals in the area were contacted, […]
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Michigan has reached the next step in the Vacc to Normal plan. As of June 1, capacity limits are lifted for outdoor events and residential gatherings. Additionally, indoor capacity limits will increase to 50%, allowing indoor social gatherings such as weddings and funerals to move closer to normalcy. Face masks will […]
A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalised on April 28 after developing a […]
SAULT STE. MARIE — Lake Superior State University Director of Athletics Dr. David Paitson will resign effective Aug. 17, to become an assistant professor of sport management at University of Indianapolis. A national search for his replacement has begun. LSSU competes through 11 Div. II teams in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate […]
On May 30th at 6:01pm the Mackinac Island Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire on Main Street. Units went enroute within minutes and reported a working fire in a 3 story, 120-year-old wood frame structure. Chief St. Onge immediately struck a 2nd Alarm asking for the St. Ignace […]
The five time Grammy award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee died at his Arlington, Texas home on Saturday of stage four lung cancer complications. From the breakout of his career in the 1960s, Thomas’ career spanned gospel, country and pop, selling over 70 million albums worldwide. He is […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich (WJMN) – It is officially that time of year again. Tourists are making their way back up to the Upper Peninsula and the Mackinac Bridge traffic was in full force. Cars lined the bridge today as people began making the journey to the U.P to celebrate the […]
A Court of Appeals panel on Thursday affirmed the Board of State Canvassers’ approval of seven recall petitions aimed at Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, while another calling for Ms. Whitmer’s ouster was sent back on remand so the filer could correct a scrivener’s error in her petition. The […]
(CNN)A gunman opened fire at a public transit rail yard in San Jose, California, Wednesday morning, killing at least 8 people and wounding others, Deputy Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said.The gunman, a male employee of the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is dead, Davis said. He has […]