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Marquette man arrested on child exploitation charges

Troopers with the Michigan State Police 8th District Hometown Security Team began an investigation regarding child sexual predators in the Marquette area. During the investigation, a trooper with the team was posing as a minor on an investigative social media account.  A 41-year-old male from Marquette began conversing and soliciting to meet […]

Michigan’s existing abortion ban is unconstitutional, judge rules

An existing law criminalizing most abortions in Michigan is unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced, Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled.  In an opinion issued Wednesday afternoon, Gleicher said enforcement of the long-dormant ban on abortions except for life-threatening pregnancies would mean Michigan women would be “denied appropriate, safe and […]

26,000 people venture the Mackinac Bridge

ST. IGNACE, Mich. – A beautiful, nearly cloudless day welcomed participants to the Mackinac Bridge Walk today, likely a big contributor to an uptick in participation over last year. “We’re so glad to have had 26,000 people from across Michigan and beyond join us for this beloved event on such a perfect […]

Sault Tribe celebrates 50 years of federal recognition 

SAULT STE. MARIE — Fifty years ago today, on Sept. 7, 1972, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians was federally recognized, bringing to fruition decades of work by area Anishinaabe people.   Through the work of a dedicated group of Anishinaabe, on Dec. 24, 1953, the “Original Bands of […]

How to walk across the Mackinac Bridge this Labor Day

MACKINAW CITY, MI – The 64th Mackinac Bridge Walk will welcome tens of thousands of people to step onto Michigan’s famous suspension bridge on Labor Day. Here’s how you can be one of them. The famous 5-mile-long suspension bridge opens to foot traffic once a year. It all started in 1958. An […]

Woman, 64, dies in Upper Peninsula house explosion

HOUGHTON COUNTY, MI – One person is dead after a house explosion in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. WLUC-TV reports that a 64-year-old female was pronounced dead following the incident on M-203 in Hancock Township around 9 a.m. on Monday. She has not been identified. The woman’s husband was able to exit the […]