State News

A downstate man is dead following a snowmobile accident in Luce County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste Marie Post were dispatched to Snowmobile Trail 9 near County Road 452 in McMillan Twp on Friday just before 11:30am for a snowmobile accident. They found that the driver and …

ESCANABA — An Escanaba man was arrested for Child Abuse 2nd degree, 10 year felony, and lodged at the Delta County Jail where he remains lodged on a $150,000 cash/surety bond after arraignment in 94th District Court. Delta County Central Dispatch received a 911 call on a report of an …

Washington – Congressman Jack Bergman has announced his support of a bipartisan bill to pay U.S. Coast Guard members during the partial government shutdown. H.R. 367, the Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019, would provide all pay and benefits for members of the Coast Guard as well as …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2019 to be Radon Action Month in Michigan, and she is encouraging all Michigan residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes. You cannot see, smell, or taste radon, and there are no short-term side effects to alert you that it …

[Escanaba, Michigan – January 18, 2019] – CARLY PEARCE, the new voice of country, takes the stage at the U.P. State Fair on Monday, August 12. Carly Pearce is a 27 year old who grew up in a small town in Kentucky. At the young age of 11, Pearce fronted …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is joining the governors from Washington and New York in demanding action from the Trump administration for unpaid federal workers. The concern is over the state’s ability to make unemployment benefits to federal workers who have remained on the job during the partial government shutdown. “As governors …

MANISTIQUE OUTPOST: On January 16, 2019 at approximately 5:30 pm Troopers from the Michigan State Police, Manistique Outpost, were dispatched to a single vehicle crash on Port Inland Road just south of US-2 in Doyle Township of Schoolcraft County. Upon arriving on scene, Troopers found the driver of the vehicle …

A 75-year-old man was found dead Wednesday morning in an alleyway behind a Car Quest Auto Parts Store. The Iron River Police Department says they received a call around 7:00am of an unresponsive man and found him dead upon arrival. The man has been identified but a name is not …

MARQUETTE — In conjunction with its mission of “Making Communities Healthier,” UP Health System donated $10,000 to the Noquemanon Trail Network to support the maintenance of the central UP’s non-motorized trails that are home to various outdoor activities, including: hiking, trail running, mountain biking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and walking. …

Washington – Congressman Jack Bergman announced today that he was nominated to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. Congressman Bergman served in the United States Marine Corps for 40 years, as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and most recently as Commander of Marine Forces North/Marine Forces Reserve. He retired in …