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Sunday, May 11, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig formally announced his campaign for governor Tuesday, but not before protesters derailed his kickoff event at a state park and forced him to move. He effectively has been running for months but waited to make it official. He is among 10 Republicans, all […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A man is dead after falling from a cliff at Presque Isle Park Monday afternoon. It happened just after 1:00 p.m. on the east side of the park, just north of the observation deck. Marquette police say witnesses reported the fall and police, fire and paramedics […]
Until there is a state-issued mandate calling for the vaccination of everyone at the Department of Corrections, the agency will not institute a requirement that a person must be inoculated against COVID-19 if they wish to continue working at any of Michigan’s prisons. Concerns have been voiced by prisoner advocates […]
As schools take the decision of mandatory masking into their own hands, officials with the Michigan State Medical Society said Monday that everyone should wear a face covering indoors regardless of vaccination status. To date, no statewide mask requirement exists, though more than half of Michigan’s public school students are […]
GRAND HAVEN — A judge has ordered a western Michigan couple to pay $30,441 to their son for getting rid of his pornography collection. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney’s decision this week came eight months after David Werking, 43, won a lawsuit against his parents. He said they had no right […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to just over six years in prison Wednesday for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a significant break that reflected his quick decision to cooperate and help agents build cases against others. Ty Garbin admitted […]
ISLE ROYAL, Mich. (AP) — A wildfire that’s burned about 200 acres on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale has prompted the National Park Service to close some trails and campground areas on the wilderness island. The park service said Sunday on the Isle Royale National Park’s Facebook page that the closures […]
The best man chair at a Michigan wedding will be empty next weekend in a stark sign of how the hasty U.S. military deployment to Afghanistan is having real-life impacts on families across the nation. Instead of the planned best man speech on Aug. 28, groom Robert Perry will use that time to offer a nontraditional […]
At approximately 12:15 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2021, troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were dispatched to a hiker who had fallen off a cliff at the Sturgeon River Gorge in Houghton County, Laird Township. Investigation indicated that while hiking near the water fall a 75-year-old male, […]
Police confirmed on Sunday that Proxmire had passed away from the injuries sustained in the previous night’s pursuit. Proxmire was initially taken to the hospital on Saturday night and listed as in “extremely critical condition.” The deputy was among a group who were chasing a suspect who had reportedly been […]