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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Const. Matthew Keating will forfeit 12 hours pay for neglect of duty and another 12 hours for discreditable conduct A city police constable with an otherwise-exemplary service record has lost 24 hours of pay after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct and neglect of duty. “It would appear that this is […]
Last month, the unions representing Michigan’s civil service employees sued the Michigan Civil Service Commission because it adopted new rules requiring employees to annually opt in to dues deductions. That lawsuit included a request for an injunction to prevent those rules from going into effect until the lawsuit was decided. […]
Lansing — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did not have authority after April 30 to issue or renew any executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic under the 1976 Emergency Management Act. The court, in its 71-page ruling, also found Whitmer did not possess the authority to exercise […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is moving the Upper Peninsula back to Phase 4 on her plan to restart the state’s economy effective October 9 because of the significant increase in COVID-19 cases there, a move that will require schools to enforce mask requirements, people who can work remotely to do so […]
Katherine Mary Kee died peacefully surrounded by family on September 25, 2020, at Cedar Cove, in Cedarville, Michigan. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 5, 1921 to Harold H. Isaac and Helen M. Read Isaac. Katharine grew up in the Grand Rapids and Battle Creek area with […]
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel have tested positive for the coronavirus. Reaction to the news has been both wishes for a speedy recovery and also a plea from some for the diagnoses to serve as a wake-up call to the need […]
The Newberry Fire Department, in partnership with the State Fire Marshals Office MI Prevention Program, and Luce County EMS are offering residents of the Village of Newberry, McMillian Township, and Pentland Township the opportunity to sign up for free smoke alarm installation! Residents interested in signing up must reside in […]
Detectives from Trident were investigating a Prescription Fraud complaint in Sault Ste Marie. Detectives found that someone had called in a prescription pretending to be a Dr. from lower Michigan. During the investigation it was found that someone was on their way to the Pharmacy to pickup this prescription. Detectives […]
Barbara J. Haydon of Sault Ste. Marie passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020, at Ball Hospice House of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was born to Frank and Eva Pesenski on May 15, 1932, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. She married James Haydon in 1952. Barbara was a member of […]
Crandel R. Wiertalla, age 94, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Saturday evening, September 26, 2020, at the Ball Hospice House after a few months of illness. Crandel was born on April 9, 1926, in Moran, Michigan to the late Rudolph and Matha (Newman) Wiertalla. He attended St. Ignace […]