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Monday, May 20, 2024
(Newberry News) — On Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the home owners of a residence on Maplewood Road, approximately one mile east of M-123, near Newberry, Luce County, returned home and discovered that someone had broken into their residence. The suspects attempted to steal five long guns and two bows from […]
Sault Ste Marie Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Chippewa County man. An elderly male, Bruce Burling, was last seen on April 9th at the Mid-City Motel on Portage Ave. He was wearing a maroon robe and boxer shorts. Mr. Burling suffers from severe medical […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s expansion and extension of her “stay-home” order is prompting anger over its economic impact and calls by some municipal leaders to reject parts of it. Whitmer’s Thursday order is more sweeping than those in other states, barring the sale of paint or plants at stores, lawn services, […]
Mackinac Island will essentially be closed until May 1, at least, Mayor Margaret Doud announced Wednesday, April 8, as northern Michigan communities grapple with the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. “Listening to the governor, Michigan is in a very tough situation,” Mayor Doud said. “COVID- 19 is moving north.” […]
MLive — Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to construct an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway that connects two of the Great Lakes. The Canadian company wants to build a roughly 4-mile-long tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac. It would replace the underwater segment of […]
PRESS RELEASE – I have read over the Governor’s new order #2020-42. I have met with our Prosecutor to develop a plan on enforcement. The order has changed in such a way that we can enforce some of the issues directly affecting our communities. Attached is MCL 10.33 (the law […]
Michigan’s state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic was extended through April 30 by the state House and Senate Tuesday in an unconventional legislative session. The state of emergency declaration – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued March 10 after the first confirmed cases of the coronavirus were reported in the […]
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters on Wednesday detailed a proposal to give “essential workers” a government-funded boost in pay of up to $25,000 during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the new “Heroes Fund” plan, essential workers would include not only front-line medical personnel like doctors and nurses but also pharmacists, grocery store workers, truck drivers, building […]
LANSING — State employees who work directly with the public will get bonus pay during the coronavirus pandemic. Approximately 10,000 state employees working in prisons, state hospitals, veterans homes and law enforcement will get $750 biweekly pay premiums “in recognition of the nature of their work,” State Employer Liza Estlund-Olson said in […]
