‘Impossible doesn’t exist’: Michigan man becomes first blind swimmer to lap Mackinac Island

KALAMAZOO, MI — Scott Lacey doesn’t want to be viewed as an inspiration. He wants the world to think differently. On Aug. 9, the Kalamazoo athlete gave people another reason to do exactly that, becoming the first known visually impaired athlete to swim around Mackinac Island, navigating the waters around […]

NCAA says Michigan-Western Michigan result ‘would have been different’ if replay protocols were followed

The outcome of Michigan’s controversial Week 1 win over Western Michigan  “would have been different” if officiating protocols had been properly followed, the NCAA’s football oversight committee said in a Wednesday statement. However, the committee asserted that it “does not have the authority to overturn the contest.” Michigan won 13-12 after the officiating […]

Feeling Lazy

I’m Maverick with another edition of “Cat Tales.” I am shocked that I am still here. I’m in late stage kidney disease and things had been going south, so to speak, but when my IV fluids started to be given daily, I started perking up, although, with the changing of […]

U.P. lawmakers call on Legislature to pass MDOC officer pension bills

Michigan’s lawmakers representing the Upper Peninsula called on the Legislature to send bills to the governor that would allow Department of Corrections officers, conservation officers and others to join the Department of State Police pension system. The four U.P. lawmakers, in statements, said the proposed legislation would be a first […]

Missing 6-year-old found safe with dog after hours-long search in Upper Peninsula woods

LITTLE LAKE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — A 6-year-old girl is safe and back in her parents’ arms after following her dog into the woods in Marquette County Wednesday evening, sparking a massive four-and-a-half-hour search. Rescuers located Payton Kagarise just before 12:15 a.m. Thursday. Marquette County Sheriff Greg Zyburt confirmed she was […]

Right to Life urges voters to say no to a Constitutional Convention

Right to Life of Michigan, the anti-abortion group that staunchly opposed the ultimately successful effort to put abortion rights in the state’s Constitution, said Wednesday voters should still vote no on the proposal to convene a Constitutional Convention. The press release from the organization comes after The Detroit News reported […]

Fact check: What Abdul El-Sayed said about prison sentences, freeing inmates

In advertisements and campaign materials, Republicans have claimed that Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed supports abolishing prisons and the release of violent criminals. They’ve pointed to stances that El-Sayed, a former Wayne County public health official, took during his 2018 run for governor and a 2020 panel discussion on incarceration during the pandemic. […]

Sophie Cunningham expresses thoughts on next WNBA commissioner

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has discussed the soon-to-be vacant WNBA commissioner’s job with Adam Silver after the NBA commissioner reached out to her. “I have talked to Adam Silver a couple times, and I think he’s a great guy,” Cunningham said Monday after a Fever practice […]

Man in custody after armed standoff with police in Calumet

CALUMET, Mich. (WLUC) – The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office has provided new information on the active situation in Calumet Tuesday. At around 4:45 a.m., deputies were initially dispatched to a report of a fire in the roadway with “nails intentionally scattered” across the road at 25319 W. Pine St. in […]

Winnie Brinks: Dems risk losing abortion protections if they support Prop 1 after DeBoyer remarks

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, said Tuesday that members of her party and voters statewide should take her Republican counterpart Rep. Jay DeBoyer at his word regarding his stance on using a Constitutional Convention to repeal Michigan’s abortion protections. Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, spoke on a press call […]