Get the news as it happens!
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Houghton — Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean died Monday after he was injured at his Upper Peninsula home over the weekend, authorities said. McLean had been in critical condition at a hospital in Marquette, his office said in a statement. He was on life support and died at about 8 p.m., representatives […]
LANSING — Michigan’s Republican-led Senate on Thursday voted to repeal an emergency powers law that Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue public health orders early in the COVID-19 pandemic. But the repeal, which the House could make official with a vote as soon as next week, will have no discernible effect […]
The Michigan Supreme Court is will soon hear arguments in what could be a landmark case for LGBTQ rights. The high court announced it will hear an appeal of a lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed by two businesses that denied service to LGTBQ people based on […]
BARAGA, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is announcing the arrest of Kyle Ross Moilanen, 25 of Baraga, for possession of child sexually abusive materials. Moilanen was arrested following an investigation which stemmed from a National Center for Missing and Exploited […]
LANSING — Former President Donald Trump lashed out at two GOP Michigan state senators Thursday, one day after a Senate committee report refuted his claims that fraud impacted the results of the November 2020 election in Michigan. In a statement released through his “Save America PAC,” Trump said that Senate […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Friday it would rehear a dispute over a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms to fire rapidly. The decision comes three months after a three-judge panel at the court said a federal judge in Kalamazoo, Michigan, should have […]
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI. On Sunday morning, June 27, 2021, at approximately11:45 a.m.troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post responded to a call at a residence onPeninsula Drive in Peninsula Township regarding a 75-year-old man who accidentally shot himself whilecleaning his handgun. The man was treated and transported […]
Michigan House Republicans approved a controversial measure to require voters to show identification to cast a ballot Wednesday, also tacking on a provision that would compel election workers to verify voters’ signatures at the polls. As amended by the House, Senate Bills 303 and 304 would remove the option for voters to sign an […]
The Michigan State Police is being sued for alleged racial profiling and unlawful search and seizures when conducting traffic stops. In 2020, about 21 percent of all MSP traffic stops involved drivers who were Black, while about 14 percent of Michigan residents are African-American. Michigan State Police Col. Joseph Gasper […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, Mich. (Gray News) – A dad in Michigan witnessed a traffic accident in his rearview mirror that killed two of his daughters on Father’s Day. According to Michigan State Police, a 21-year-old woman was driving a Mercury Montego south on I-75 in Bagley Township around 2:30 p.m. In […]