LANSING, Mich. (AP) — There’s a civil war inside the Michigan Republican Party. Laura Cox had planned to step down as chairwoman Saturday but now wants to keep the job a little longer while she accuses a possible successor of misconduct when he led the party in 2018. Cox said […]
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Keith Clegg recognized for outstanding service at KCF
Kinross Correctional Facility Warden Michael Brown recently presented Sergeant Keith Clegg with a Good Government Symbol of Teamwork Coin for both his extraordinary hard work and his support of his KCF co-workers. “Sgt. Clegg is a team player always offering his assistance in any way he can,” Warden Brown said. […]
State To Let Contact Sports Resume
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will announce today that the state is allowing contact sports to resume, with some safeguards, following one of the more intense waves of opposition her administration has seen in response to its efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, EUP News has learned. Contact sports have […]
Straits Corridor Authority Chided By Public For Not Meeting For A Year
The authority tasked with overseeing design and construction specifications of Enbridge Energy Company’s Line 5 tunnel were chided repeatedly by various groups, including Tribal communities, over its approval of various joint design specifications as the group met Wednesday for the first time in nearly a year. The Mackinac Straits Corridor […]
Lake Superior State University Receives $950,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant to Support Economic Diversification Efforts in Michigan Opportunity Zone
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Lake Superior State University received a $956,858 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to purchase lab equipment to build capacity at the Center for Freshwater Research and Education (CFRE). The project, to be located […]
MDOC Workers: Gov Must Restore Lost Paid Time Off
Employees with the Department of Corrections are calling on Governor Gretchen Whitmer to restore personal leave time and wages lost due to mandated quarantine procedures because of close contacts with a person possibly infected with the coronavirus. Members of the Michigan Corrections Organization, the union for corrections officers, in an […]
Group Files Lawsuit To Force Winter Contact Sports Restart
Let Them Play – the group of student-athletes and advocates wanting to allow winter contact sports to begin competing – filed a lawsuit today in the Court of Claims against Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel claiming several violations of the state and U.S. constitutions along with […]
CDC issues mandatory mask order for public transportation systems
LANSING, MICH. In compliance with an order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Jan. 23, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) reminds everyone to mask up when working and riding on public transportation systems, rail, and van, bus and motorcoach service providers to reduce the […]
Roger Blough catches fire – no injuries to crew
Firefighters from around the area were at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Monday morning to put out a fire on one of the docked ships. At approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday morning, the fire broke out on the motor vessel Roger Blough. Smoke could be seen for hours after the initial call. Firefighters […]
Sheriff Dept Awards Deputy for Saving Life
Way back in July of 2020, Chippewa County Deputy Lindy Waite was on patrol when she received a call for a medical emergency. Upon Deputy Waite’s arrival she discovered a man on the floor turning blue. Deputy Waite recovered her AED and applied it to the victim, but was informed […]