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Saturday, January 11, 2025
Of the 3,211 inmates held some version of solitary confinement within a Department of Corrections prison, nearly half – 47 percent – have been there for more than two years, said a report released Tuesday from the group Citizens for Prison Reform, though the agency disputes data in the report. […]
According to the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association, Chippewa County International Airport will be a command as well as control center. Therefore, it will assist launch sites for various satellites, including commercial and U.S. defense ones. This Upper Peninsula airport was at one time a U.S. Air Force base. Its distance […]
Duluth, MN – The fire aboard a wintering Roger Blough on Feb. 2 caused an estimated $20 million in damages, one-fifth the total cost of the $100 million lake freighter. Those details and others were pulled from the Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) Fire Department’s report of the fire issued this week. […]
Sault Sainte Marie, MI – There has been an unexpected delay in vaccine delivery for today’s LSSU Norris Center COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Individuals scheduled between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. are asked to wait for further information on when to arrive for their appointments. Please follow media (radio and social, […]
Former President Donald Trump’s praise for angry protests against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing and his refusal to outright condemn an alleged plot to kidnap her paved the way to him inciting his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol last month, Democrats charged during his impeachment trial on Thursday. “The siege of the Michigan […]
CHICAGO — A Chicago police detective with nearly three decades on the job was robbed in South Shore by two men Monday night as the detective investigated a homicide, police said. The detective suffered injuries to the head and neck and was expected to recover; he last was listed in good condition, according […]
The President issued Executive Order (13998), Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel that requires masks be worn on all “public maritime vessels, including ferries” to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued order, Requirement for Persons to Wear Masks while […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer goes on the record saying she wished she could have arrested former President Donald Trump. In a recent interview with the magazine “Hour Detroit,” Gov. Whitmer laughed boisterously at the prospect of having arrest President Trump when his campaign rallies allegedly violated her coronavirus orders. The governor […]
SUNRISE, Fla. — In the bloodiest day for the FBI in decades, two veteran agents were shot to death and three others wounded Tuesday morning when a gunman opened fire from inside his home as they attempted to serve a search warrant at an apartment in Sunrise as part of […]
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 […]