HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Crews searched Lake Michigan today for a missing teenage girl after a large wave knocked her and another person off a pier along western Michigan and she couldn’t get out of the water, authorities said. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said two people were on the ...
LANSING — Michigan's newest troopers, including two from Dickinson County, are reporting to work at Michigan State Police posts across the state after graduating from the 136th Trooper Recruit School. The school began June 30 at the MSP Training Academy in Lansing. For the past 25 weeks, ...
The Niagara Area Business Association has donated 150 “Niagara Pride” yard signs to the Niagara Schools Athletic Department to be used as a fundraiser. The signs will be sold at school events and feature the three team mascots associated with the Niagara School District. “These signs will ...
A snowstorm that pummeled the northern Plains over the weekend brought wet, windswept snow to the Upper Peninsula on Monday as it moved east. From 1 a.m. Monday through 7 a.m. today, snowfall totals in the Dickinson County area were expected to range from at least 6 inches to a foot or more. ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — A group of volunteers hope to give this Menominee River city a new look and restore some of what they remember about growing up in Niagara. Jeri Allen, Debbie Lindgren, Kathy Westrich and Kathy Spade are part of Main Street Makeover, a revitalization project spearheaded by ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The past year’s population growth rate in the United States was the slowest in a century due to declining births, increasing deaths and the slowdown of international migration, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. grew from 2018 to ...
IRON MOUNTAIN - Offices of The Daily News & Advertiser are closing at 4 p.m. today. There will be no paper on Wednesday, New Year’s Day. Regular office hours will resume Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Wisconsin next month, countering a Democratic presidential debate set for the same night in Iowa. Trump’s campaign says the rally is set for Jan. 14 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. It’s the same night that CNN ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked Monday on whether to comply with a judge's order to remove anywhere from 144,000 to more than 200,000 names from the state's voter rolls before a higher court can weigh in — a move that could influence the outcome of next year's ...
LANSING — U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman is running for re-election, while at least two Democrats will try to unseat him. Two Democrats have filed for the race so far, Dana Ferguson of Marquette and Linda O’Dell of Petoskey. Bergman, who was first elected in 2016, said he would like to serve at ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — The Florence County Health Department offered many immunization clinics this past fall. Clinics were held at locations around the county: Florence Elementary, Florence Middle and High School, Northeast Wisconsin Technical Center building in Aurora, Fence Town Hall and ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A white woman accused of hitting a black man and using a racial slur at a western Michigan car dealership was convicted of assault Monday but cleared of ethnic intimidation. An attorney for Shelly Hueckel said she was upset by an appraisal for her car — not race ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court ordered Monday that an attempt to recall a state lawmaker from office continue, reversing a lower court that said election officials correctly disqualified the petition over a missing word. The ruling means Rep. Larry Inman, a Republican from ...
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. said Monday that it retrieved a 45-foot steel rod that was resting against an underwater oil pipeline where lakes Michigan and Huron converge. The debris had been at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac since September, when a borehole collapsed ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — Students in need in the Florence County School District soon will have free access to essential everyday items. The Florence High School Student Council this week plans to open a school closet stocked with clothing, personal hygiene products and school supplies. FHS ...
SAGOLA TOWNSHIP — A Sagola Township resident died Sunday afternoon in a house fire on M-95 in Dickinson County. Troopers were called about 4:06 p.m. after a relative tried to enter the home but could not due to smoke inhalation, according to a release from the Michigan State Police Iron ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A winter storm warning will remain in effect until midnight with total snow accumulations of 5 to 9 inches in the Dickinson County area, the National Weather Service said. Very heavy wet snow was expected this morning. Scattered power outages are possible due to heavy snow ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A number of Iron Mountain residents lost power after a pole-mounted transformer ignited early Sunday. Firefighters responded to the fire at 12:50 a.m., though the transformer was extinguished by the time they arrived, according to the Iron Mountain Fire Department. The ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Offices of The Daily News & Advertiser will close at 4 p.m. Tuesday for New Year’s Eve. The Daily News will publish a morning edition on Tuesday. There will be no paper on Wednesday, New Year's Day. Regular office hours will resume Thursday.
HOUGHTON — A House bill that would have doubled the time frame for property financing from 15 to 30 years for county road commissions was vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Dec. 18. A Dec. 19 press release from the Michigan House Republicans stated that state Reps. Greg Markkanen and ...