Very often, it seems, the man falls through ice stories that make the news end badly — in the man’s death. We are pleased to report that a very recent case of a man falling through ice locally did, in fact, end positively. Here’s what happened. Last Friday afternoon, Thad Cooper of ...

An important deadline is approaching for anyone seeking an elected county or township office in Michigan. Major party candidates must file partisan nominating petitions, or a $100 filing fee, no later than 4 p.m. Tuesday. Those candidates who meet the deadline, then change their minds about ...

There are a ton of different awareness weeks over the course of the year. Ironically, most people aren’t aware of them (which suggests a complete failure to achieve the goals, but we digress). One happening this week probably falls under that category for most, but it’s important. It’s ...

A new rule in state court will require records to be deemed nonpublic after they’re bound over to circuit court. Like some kind of game of switcheroo with felony files, the records will be closed in district court on bind-over to circuit court, then closed in circuit if the case is remanded ...

Although appeals are coming, a criminal case with wide-ranging implications wrapped up downstate last week when a judge sentenced the parents of a school shooter to at least 10 years in prison for failing to take steps that could have prevented a “runaway train” — the killing of four ...

Tuesday could be pivotal to the region’s battle with the U.S. Postal Service on maintaining certain mail services in the Upper Peninsula and neighboring northern Wisconsin. U.S. Sen. Gary Peters has called U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other postal officials to a hearing Tuesday ...