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Friday, May 9, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general charged an eighth person Thursday in what authorities have described as a foiled scheme to storm the state Capitol building and kidnap officials, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Brian Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was charged with material support of an act of […]
Michigan public school employees are not entitled to be paid interest in the 10-year-old lawsuit involving a Granholm-era law earmarking 3 percent of public school employee wages to pay for public school retiree health care, the Court of Appeals has ruled. In December 2017, the Supreme Court ruled in favor […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. – As the Upper Peninsula continues to see a dramaticccincrease in positive COVID-19 cases, Chippewa County has had an increase of more than 30 confirmed and probable cases since September 2, 2020 with 14,000+ tests having been administered. Chippewa County Health Department (CCHD) cannot stress enough the […]
The state of Michigan is using a new way to put COVID-19 precautions in place in absence of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recently invalidated executive orders. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a list of emergency rules on Wednesday, Oct. 14, including requirements like having a COVID-19 preparedness plan […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) – A Chippewa County man accused of poaching numerous animals, including 18 gray wolves, was sentenced Tuesday under a plea agreement. Kurt Johnston Duncan, 56, of Pickford pleaded guilty in September to seven poaching crimes following an investigation by Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers. […]
The Supreme Court today denied Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request to delay the effect of its ruling, holding she lacks the unilateral authority to keep Michigan under a state of emergency, and instead said the ruling will take effect upon the entry of an order by a Court of Claims judge. […]
Two bills addressing murdered and missing Indigenous women co-sponsored by Washington lawmakers have been signed into law. Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act were signed by President Donald Trump on Saturday, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse’s office. Newhouse was one of the House sponsors […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — Fifty men were potentially exposed to COVID-19 at a men’s retreat in Pickford last week. Health officials are telling us the group won’t cooperate with their investigation. The LMAS Health Department’s first high-risk exposure site. Health officials said the group potentially exposed not cooperating in […]
Sheriff Scott Strait of Mackinac County has been awarded the coveted 2020 Terrence L Jungel Sheriff of the Year award by the Michigan Sheriff Association. Sheriff Strait was presented with the award on Thursday. The Sheriff of the Year Award recognizes a Sheriff who has made outstanding […]
Detectives from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office and Sault Ste Marie PD were working separate complaints involving injured young children. The complaints involved several children, who were at one point ,under the care of Mr. Guilmette and all ended up with various degrees of injury. On 10-7-2020 Mr. Guilmette was […]