Marking off a priority that she first shared in her 2025 State of the State Address, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put her signature to a set of bills to ban cellphones during instruction time in Michigan classrooms. With control of the Legislature split between Democrats and ...
This week’s “Remember when?” features photos taken by Luella Mendini of Iron Mountain at the 1940 ski jumping competition at Pine Mountain. In one photo is a view of the crowd from the top of the hill. In the second photo, from right are Camillo Mendini and Kate and Caesar Oralla, ...
GARDEN TOWNSHIP – A unoccupied house in Garden Township exploded Monday night, resulting in a complete loss of the residence. Law enforcement was dispatched about 10:23 p.m. to the Garden area for an explosion, according to Garden Township Fire Department Chief Keith Farley. “A ...
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday lawmakers are in negotiations with Gov. Tony Evers on a bill package to provide property tax relief before the end of the legislative session. Vos made the comments ahead of an Assembly floor session during which lawmakers passed a bill to provide ...
NORWAY — Northwoods Beekeepers will have its popular Beginning Beekeeping class from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Alliance Church in Norway. Topics covered in the three-hour class will include basic honey bee biology, buying the right equipment, how to install and inspect a bee ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the Department of Justice that sought to obtain Michigan's voter rolls, marking the latest judicial rejection in President Donald Trump's wide-ranging attempts to gain access to voter data from states. The Justice Department ...