IRON MOUNTAIN — Turnout in Dickinson County was about 30% in Tuesday's primary election as voters approved millage renewals by comfortable margins for roads and the Norway-Vulcan Senior Citizens Center, among others. The Dickinson County Road Commission sought renewal of a levy of 0.5 ...
Republican voters in Michigan’s 38th Senate District nominated state Rep. David Prestin, R-Cedar River, as their candidate Tuesday with 53% of the vote to 47% for Beau LaFave. Prestin’s reported margin of victory was less than 2,000 votes and came in a race that had Upper Peninsula lawmakers endorsing Prestin while U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, endorsed LaFave — a former state representative from Iron Mountain. Current 38th District state Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, who is leaving office due to term limits, was among the lawmakers endorsing Prestin. McBroom ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge decried efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he reluctantly dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group at the Trump administration's request. The move ...
Man faces weapons charges LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump's visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home. Taele's initial appearance in downtown Los Angeles federal court Wednesday was cancelled. He is not yet in federal custody. Authorities say Jeanine John Taele appeared to be monitoring security before the president's visit there. Law enforcement officials say they seized guns and ammunition from Taele's home ...
CAIRO (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it is in the "final stage" of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said a deal could be announced this week. That could potentially reopen the critical waterway, ease pressure on the world economy ...
