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Saturday, May 10, 2025
CRAWFORD COUNTY — A Tawas man died on Friday after Michigan State Police troopers responded to a report of a vehicle in a ditch. At about 9 p.m., a trooper and a cadet from MSP Post Houghton Lake responded to the call on northbound I-75 north of the West Federal […]
If former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was looking for mercy from U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds, he not only didn’t get it; he got chastised. In a blistering court opinion, Edmunds on Thursday denied Kilpatrick’s request to end his supervised release early so he could travel more freely as a […]
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and Speaker Joe Tate released the following statement after agreeing to a framework for the Lowering MI Costs plan that will deliver the largest tax break to Michiganders in decades and ensure that all taxpayers see relief. The […]
LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox announced that a record number of Michiganders signed up for comprehensive health insurance on the Health Insurance Marketplace during the recent open enrollment period. More than 322,000 Michiganders enrolled and will be able to save money on health insurance throughout 2023 thanks to state and federal actions championed by Governor Whitmer. […]
GOGEBIC COUNTY, MI – Alcohol is believed to be a factor in an Upper Peninsula snowmobile crash that killed one person and injured another. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post, the crash occurred on Trail No. 2 near Ramsay in Gogebic County’s Wakefield Township at 1:30 […]
Are you a high school student or a university student staying in the area for the summer and need a fun summer job? Look no further than the Department of Natural Resources and spend your summer outdoors in some of Michigan’s most beautiful places! Our more than 1,300 seasonal park workers positions are […]
Legislation that would remove retention provisions in the state’s third grade reading law took its first step with a Tuesday committee vote following testimony in which supporters called the retention language in statute being harmful to students while opponents questioned lowering standards. The Senate Education Committee reported SB 12 by […]
On 01/26/2023 at approximately 2:45pm, troopers from the Manistique Outpost and Gladstone Post received a call for a snowmobile crash where a female struck a tree on Trail 413 near Camp 7 Rd. in Schoolcraft County. Michigan State Police troopers, Commercial Motor Vehicle officers, Manistique Public Safety officers, Inwood Fire […]
A panel of Michigan judges on Thursday overturned a lower court’s ruling that would have raised Michigan’s minimum wage rise to $13.03 an hour and increased the tipped minimum wage to $11.73 an hour next month. The Michigan Court of Appeals decision, which took effect immediately, determined a controversial legislative […]
The Democratic-led Senate passed legislation Thursday rolling back the state’s tax law on pensions with some bipartisan support, rejecting amendments and calls by Republicans to provide an equal tax break for all seniors. Passing by a vote of 23-15 was SB 1 , which would roll back changes to the […]