IRON MOUNTAIN — Permits will again be offered to archery hunters as Iron Mountain tries to match or even exceed last year’s record harvest of 112 deer from within city limits. The size of the herd remains troublesome, City Manager Jordan Stanchina acknowledged. There will be no changes ...
HOUGHTON — Former U.S. Rep. Philip Edward Ruppe, an Upper Peninsula native who served six consecutive terms in the U.S. Congress, died Monday in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 99. Ruppe represented Michigan’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from Jan. 3, 1967, ...
A conservative group is launching a new advertising campaign in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, backing Republican Mike Rogers as one of its top candidates for the 2026 election. AFP Action made the announcement this week that it is investing $5.6 million in advertising across seven competitive U.S. Senate battleground states, including Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska, Montana and Iowa. Rogers is the Republican nominee for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat and will face Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in November. The group’s Michigan ad, titled “Workhorse,” portrays ...
(AP) — Oil-rich Saudi Arabia, nuclear power Pakistan and Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and a rapidly growing defense industry, signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday. The deal stipulates that an armed attack on either of the three countries will be regarded as an ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project, a decision he blasted as "unjust" while vowing to appeal it to the ...
Sen. Cassidy backs Blanche WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he'll vote for Todd Blanche as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump's Justice Department. Cassidy announced his support Friday on the Senate floor, saying Blanche isn't perfect but no one is. Blanche's confirmation had been thrown into doubt over opposition from two other Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. Blanche's path to confirmation has been complicated over a settlement of Trump's ...
