State News

[Escanaba, Michigan – April 5, 2019] – Billy Ray Cyrus – singer, songwriter, and actor – takes the stage at the U.P. State Fair on Saturday, August 17th. Cyrus comes from humble roots in Flatwoods, Kentucky where family jam sessions were common. Learning to adapt to play with his left …

Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes will be hosting Annual Meeting of their Board of Directors and Delegates on Saturday April 6th, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Recreation Lanes (Antoine Room) in Iron Mountain, Michigan. There will be an evening reception at 6:00 p.m. at the same …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling attention to the issue of equal pay for women by declaring April 2nd as Equal Pay Day in Michigan. Whitmer says the gender pay gap hurts women in the state. “Equal pay is not only a women’s issue. This is an economic issue that is …

Congressman Jack Bergman is calling the findings of no collusion between President Trump and Russia great news for the country. Special Council Robert Mueller released his report Sunday and no further indictments are expected at this time. Bergman said that after “two years and tens of millions of dollars later, …

An Upper Peninsula lawmaker is pushing a bill she sponsored in order to guide sound, long-term mining policy in the state. State Representative Sara Cambensy of Marquette testified Wednesday at a House Committee hearing on her proposed Mining Bill. Cambensy’s House Bill 4227 seeks to strengthen and develop a sustainable …

A bipartisan plan to make state government more accountable to the people of Michigan is being supported by Representative Greg Markkenen. The Hancock Republican said the State House unanimously approved the multi-bill proposal Tuesday, a package he co-sponsored. “A government cannot effectively serve its people unless it is transparent,” Markkanen …

Story originally posted at https://abc10up.com/2019/03/15/marquette-man-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-criminal-sexual-conduct/ MARQUETTE– After a joint investigation by the Northern Michigan University Police Department and the Marquette Police Department, Caleb Scott Anderson of Marquette has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree. According to allegations, Anderson would run up …

March 15, 2019 — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads.             Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 18, weight restrictions will be expanded to cover all state trunkline highways for the entire state of Michigan. State routes typically carry M, …

State Attorney General Dana Nessel has pulled Michigan out of an environmental case seeking to reduce the number of bodies of water protected under the federal Clean Water Act. The lawsuit was originally filed by former State Attorney General Bill Schuette and is an effort to block a joint EPA …

Two men are in custody for allegedly kidnapping a 5-year-old boy in the Eastern UP. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to an address in Whitefish Township Wednesday evening around 7:15 on a report of a domestic dispute involving a stabbing. When they arrived, authorities learned that …