(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday unveiled a record-setting $88 billion state budget plan, proposing to tap the state’s ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County will stand by its selection of a vendor for a computer-aided dispatch 911 system upgrade, committing to a cost of $464,905 paid over a five-year period. A previous estimate for the CAD project was $70,000 less, but a consortium of Upper Peninsula and ...

ESCANABA – The Delta Animal Shelter is now housing dozens of cats and rabbits seized Feb. 4 during an animal neglect investigation at a Cornell Township residence. Brianna Makosky, 22, has been arraigned on multiple felony charges after she was accused of resisting, obstructing and ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — A program on maple syrup techniques will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Florence Natural Resource and Wild Rivers Interpretive Center. The panel of experts will include Fred Hedmark and Ernie Dagostino. There will be ample time for questions and answers. These two ...

MARQUETTE — A woman died Friday after a snowmobile crash in Marquette County's Chocolay Township near the Alger County line. Chocolay Township Police were called about 1:30 p.m. Friday to trail 417, with several snowmobilers waiting to transport them to the injured woman, according to a ...