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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state’s anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians. People who claim discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have not been protected by Michigan’s civil rights law because the word […]
LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are extending spring weight restrictions north, an annual move to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 7, weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways from the Michigan/Indiana and Michigan/Ohio state lines to and […]
On February 26th, 2022 at approximately 2:45 p.m. troopers from the Michigan State Police, Sault Ste. Marie Post responded to a report of a crash between a snowmobile and a Toyota Mini Van. The crash occurred on M-28 and County Road 401 in Pentland Township, Luce County. Troopers arrived and […]
On 2-24-2022 at approximately 3:43 pm the Chippewa Co Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a snowmobile crash on Trail #8 near Flatfoot Rd, Superior Twp, Chippewa County. It was found that a group of 11 snowmobiles were traveling on Trail #8 when the lead sled ran out of gas. The […]
Students in communities in every corner of Michigan, from the Upper Peninsula to metropolitan areas, will have access to new career and technical education opportunities through the Michigan-based SME Education Foundation. Rudyard Jr and Sr High Schools were awarded a $300,000 grant from the SME Educational Foundation for Manufacturing and Engineering […]
In June of 2021 Deputy Sheriff’s responded to a sexual assault case which occurred in the Detour area.It was found that a group of families came to Chippewa County from Virginia for vacation. During this vacation a 37 year old male sexually assaulted a 14 yr old girl, who was […]
Former officers with the Department of Corrections could return to Michigan’s prisons, while not jeopardizing the security of their retirement allowances, under legislation which came before the House Appropriations Committee Track on Wednesday. While the panel did take up two bills, the focus of the hearing was to predominantly speak with Michigan Economic […]
ALPENA, Mich. – Katelyn Porcaro, 33, is a working mom of three. With kids in sports and a husband studying for his engineering degree at Lake Superior State University, she has a lot going on. She began having occasional headaches and some neck tension she believed was her body’s reaction to […]
Michigan State Police Troopers from the St. Ignace Post are investigating a fatal snowmobile crash that took place Tuesday afternoon in Moran Township of Mackinac County. A snowmobile driven by Dean Daggett, a 60-year-old male from Kenockee, Michigan was southbound on Schoolhouse Rd when it came around a blind curve […]
UPDATE: Sleet/Freezing Rain/Rain in the Lower Peninsula will limit moisture transport to the EUP today and this evening. While the south will see an ice storm (M-68 to M-55 or so) and heavy rain in central and southern Lower Michigan, we will see lighter snow amounts than predicted a couple […]
