WASHINGTON (AP) — A planned joint U.S.-Canada ceremony Friday celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is no longer expected to take place after President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on most Canadian goods. In ...
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency is reminding workers that an increased work search requirement begins this week for unemployment benefits. Those who receive unemployment benefits must log at least three work activities each week, an increase from one a week previously. The change stems from bipartisan legislation, Public Act 238 of 2024, passed in December 2024 that updated Michigan’s unemployment law, Michigan Employment Security Act, or MES. “These are the most significant updates to Michigan’s unemployment system in years — and every worker ...
Conservation groups, K-12 students and landowners across the Upper Peninsula will improve hundreds of acres of white-tailed deer habitat after receiving grants generated from deer hunting license revenue, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Projects in Dickinson and ...
TOWN OF DUNBAR, Wis. — Dive team members Sunday recovered the body of a 73-year-old Dunbar man who apparently drowned in a Marinette County lake. Harold L. Patz had been reported missing early evening July 12 from Twin Lake Road in the Town of Dunbar, touching off a week of searches on the ground and in the water that included K9s, drones, boats, underwater remote-operated vehicles and multiple dive teams, Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller stated in a news release. Patz was found deceased about 12:54 p.m. Sunday in West Twin Lake, according to the news release. A full obituary ...
Hundreds of power outages were reported as severe weather hit the Upper Peninsula early Monday evening, with much of the region placed under a tornado watch and some counties having tornado warnings. More than 1,600 customers were reported out of service in Alger and Schoolcraft counties and there were extensive outages in Marquette and Delta counties as well, extending south into Menominee County, according to poweoutage.us. We Energies listed nearly 50 outages in Iron County. A tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service was in effect until 11 p.m. Central time Monday ...
