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Ohio man dies in snowmobile crash in Alger County

ALGER COUNTY — A 22-year-old Ohio man was killed Saturday night in a snowmobile crash in Alger County. Michigan State Police troopers from the Negaunee post were called about 10:30 p.m. Saturday to Snowmobile Trail 8 near County Road H-58 in Shingleton Township, according to a MSP news ...

Snowstorm triggers 100-plus pileup near Grand Rapids

HUDSONVILLE, Mich. (AP) — More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off an interstate in Michigan on Monday as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state. The massive pileup prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 on Monday morning ...

‘We’re just not going to do FOIA’: Michigan transparency effort stalls

Michigan and Massachusetts are the only states where citizens cannot submit a Freedom of Information Act request to collect records from their executive and legislative branches. For years, both Democrats and Republicans in Michigan have advocated expanding FOIA to include the two branches of ...

Board, council meetings planned this week

Florence County Board will meet at 6 p.m. today in the second floor courtroom of the courthouse in Florence. The agenda includes EMS building projects. For more, go to https://www.florencecountywi.com/. Kingsford City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsford City Hall. The agenda ...

Army puts soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday. The officials, who spoke ...