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Friday, April 4, 2025
Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order today temporarily expanding unemployment benefit eligibility through April 14 in another response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Under the executive order, unemployment benefits are extended to: Workers who have an unanticipated family care responsibility, like child care due to school closures or carrying for […]
(9and10News) – An early morning fire destroyed a barn that housed dozens of hogs. The owners say the fire started just after 5 a.m. on Friday South of Pickford on East M-48. Four fire departments responded but were unable to save the hogs or barn. They cleared the scene just after […]
(GONGWER NEWS) – Michigan’s bars and restaurants risk losing their licenses to sell alcohol should they ignore Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order limiting assemblies of people in a single space to 250, and Ms. Whitmer signaled Sunday night that more restrictions are likely. Hours after the governors in Illinois and […]
OUTAGE ALERT (Friday, March 13, 12:54 p.m.): We currently have about 500 services affected by outages due to high winds and trees on the line. Crews are on site on Sugar Island and Whitefish township. Thank you for your patience as our crews work to restore power safely. *** Outage […]
March 13, 2020 — Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 16, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will lift seasonal weight restrictions on some state roads in the Lower Peninsula. Seasonal weight restrictions will continue to be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north of a line on […]
SAULT STE. MARIE , Mich. — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has prevailed in its suit challenging the Department of the Interior’s decision to deny the tribe’s trust land application for land it purchased in Michigan’s lower peninsula. In a March 5 decision, District Judge Trevor N. […]
(Gongwer News Service) – While the Department of Corrections is still in the midst of losing as many as 55 staffers a month to an ongoing retirement bubble, officials with the agency say they are beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel and anticipate hiring to […]
Traffic for the calendar year-to-date at Feb. 29, 2020, is 182,121. This represents a year-to-date increase of 8.4 per cent. The bridge has processed 102.9 million bridge crossings since 1962. The International Bridge Administration today announced that one-way traffic crossings of the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie totaled 89,312 […]
DETROIT (MLive.com) — In-person sports betting in Michigan will officially open at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 11. The Michigan Gaming Control Board – which oversees regulations for MGM Grand, MotorCity and Greektown casinos — gave final approval Tuesday at its public meeting for the three Detroit casinos to begin onsite […]
LANSING — Turnout was high for Michigan’s presidential primary Tuesday, especially considering that the only competitive race was on the Democratic side of the ballot. Close to 2.3 million Michigan residents cast ballots, or more than 29% of the 7.7 million registered voters, according to unofficial results. That places the presidential […]