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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Prison facilities in Ionia and Adrian are shrinking this fall in the wake of a plummeting prison population and a crippling shortage of workers. The consolidations won’t result in layoffs, however. There are enough openings in prisons in each of the Michigan communities to absorb the employees of the mothballed […]
An existing law criminalizing most abortions in Michigan is unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced, Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled. In an opinion issued Wednesday afternoon, Gleicher said enforcement of the long-dormant ban on abortions except for life-threatening pregnancies would mean Michigan women would be “denied appropriate, safe and […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – A beautiful, nearly cloudless day welcomed participants to the Mackinac Bridge Walk today, likely a big contributor to an uptick in participation over last year. “We’re so glad to have had 26,000 people from across Michigan and beyond join us for this beloved event on such a perfect […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The U.S. Department of Commerce has invested $2 million in American Rescue Plan Funds to support tourism in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $2 million grant to Sault Ste. […]
SAULT STE. MARIE — Fifty years ago today, on Sept. 7, 1972, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians was federally recognized, bringing to fruition decades of work by area Anishinaabe people. Through the work of a dedicated group of Anishinaabe, on Dec. 24, 1953, the “Original Bands of […]
MACKINAW CITY, MI – The 64th Mackinac Bridge Walk will welcome tens of thousands of people to step onto Michigan’s famous suspension bridge on Labor Day. Here’s how you can be one of them. The famous 5-mile-long suspension bridge opens to foot traffic once a year. It all started in 1958. An […]
HOUGHTON COUNTY, MI – One person is dead after a house explosion in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. WLUC-TV reports that a 64-year-old female was pronounced dead following the incident on M-203 in Hancock Township around 9 a.m. on Monday. She has not been identified. The woman’s husband was able to exit the […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States. With a breathtaking series of reforms, Gorbachev changed all that — and redirected the course of the 20th century. Alongside Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev was a […]
Michigan State University Extension in conjunction with University of Michigan Medicine are teaming up to offer Tai Chi for Fall Prevention online. This tai chi set was designed by Dr. Paul Lam, a retired family physician and tai chi master. Dr. Lam led a team of tai chi and medical […]
BAY MILLS — Bay Mills Indian Community continues their mission of “going green” — this time with the installation of electronic vehicle charging stations. The tribe secured nearly $100k in funding for the EV stations from a ChargeUp Michigan grant, OFME Next Energy grant, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. […]