MISSAUKEE COUNTY. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Emergency Support Team (EST) and troopers from the MSP Houghton Post attempted to arrest 41-year-old Dale Steven Dziesinski from McBain who had made death threats to health care professionals in the Traverse City area. The standoff ended after Dziesinski took his own life. […]
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Shipping halted as freighter remains aground in Detroit River
A freighter ran aground early Wednesday in the lower Detroit River near Grosse Ile causing a vessel attempting to avoid it to hit bottom and a logjam for other ships rushing to move cargo ahead of the close of the shipping season. The Harvest Spirit, carrying about 74,000 gallons of diesel fuel and […]
How soon can Michiganders get a COVID-19 vaccine? Answering your biggest questions
DETROIT FREE PRESS — In the midst of another deadly coronavirus surge in a pandemic that has already taken more than 267,000 American lives, including 9,134 in Michigan, there’s hope on the horizon in promising news about potential COVID-19 vaccines. Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna applied Monday for emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
Enbridge sues Michigan over oil pipeline shutdown order
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge filed a legal challenge Tuesday to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent demand that the company shut down its oil pipeline that crosses the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The Canadian company accused the state of overstepping its bounds, arguing that Enbridge’s Line […]
Michigan certifies Biden win, Trump challenge thwarted again
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan election officials on Monday certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state, another setback for President Donald Trump in his futile effort to undermine the results of the Nov. 3 election through baseless legal challenges and unsupported claims of fraud. The Board of State […]
University of Michigan paying $9.25M to abuse victims
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan said Wednesday it will pay $9.25 million to eight women who reported emotional or sexual abuse by a man who became the school’s chief academic officer. “We thank them for their courage and we apologize to each one of them and […]
State prisons at all time high with active COVID-19 cases
All of the Michigan Department of Correction’s 29 prison facilities have at least one person, staff member or inmate, infected with coronavirus as the agency struggles to fight a second viral wave which has resulted in the most ever active cases within MDOC. As of November 19, the most up-to-date […]
Michigan Reps have no information to change election after meeting with Trump
All eyes were on Michigan and its Republican legislative leaders on Friday as President Donald Trump summoned them to Washington, D.C., in the midst of the president’s false claims that he won the election, with House Speaker Lee Chatfield and Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey saying afterwards they expressed their support for federal COVID-19 […]
Restaurant and Lodging Association files lawsuit again MDHHS for shutdown
The Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association today filed suit against Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon for the recent agency health order that, among other things, put a three week moratorium on in-person dining services at bars and restaurants across the state. MRLA – along with Heirloom Hospitality Group, […]
State Shatters Record With 8,516 New COVID-19 Cases; Deaths Swelling
The record Michigan set Thursday with 6,940 coronavirus cases was broken by a large margin Friday when the state announced 8,516 newly confirmed cases of the virus. The large number of new cases also sent the state’s seven-day average for new cases of the virus to a record as well […]