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Canvassers deadlock on certifying Citizen Voting petition

The Board of State Canvassers rejected the initiative petition today from Americans for Citizen Voting Michigan that would amend the Constitution by requiring the purging of non-citizens from the voting rolls and new proof of identification requirements for all voters. The board deadlocked 2-2 on whether the group had sufficient […]

Mackinac County Stabbing Suspect Arraigned

Mackinac County, Michigan. The suspect in a stabbing that took place on August 21, 2026, in Mackinac County has been arraigned on his charges. 18-year-old Maxwell Phillips of Little Lake, Michigan was arraigned in the 92nd District Court on August 24, 2026. His charges were one count of attempted murder, […]

Mackinac Island Community Foundation Spring Grant Recipient

CHAC is honored to have received $15,000 in grant funding from the Mackinac Island Community Foundation through the following funds: ·         Mackinac Island Community Fund ·         Beaumont Fund ·         Donald and Valeria Bortz Health and Medical Fund ·         Health and Medical Care Fund The Community Foundation’s Spring Grant is funding salaries and operating expenses […]

Argument turns into stabbing in Moran Twp in Mackinac County

MACKINAC COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) – A suspect is in custody following a stabbing in Moran Township on Friday.  On Friday in Moran Township, Michigan State Police responded to a report that said one 18-year-old man stabbed another 18-year-old man after a “verbal altercation”, according to a Friday evening press release […]

Officer Involved Shooting in Otsego Co Results in Dead Suspect

OTSEGO COUNTY, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Seventh District Special InvestigationsSection (SIS) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Sparr near Wilkinson Road inDover Township early Saturday morning. The preliminary investigation indicates that on August 22, at approximately 1:35 a.m., troopers from theMSP Gaylord Post conducted a traffic […]