NEW YORK — U.S. flu infections surged over the holidays, and health officials are calling it a severe season that is likely to get worse. New government data posted Monday — for flu activity through the week of Christmas — showed that by some measures this season is already surpassing ...
Court of Claims Judge Sima G. Patel on Monday denied the state of Michigan’s request to rehear a motion to toss a lawsuit filed by cannabis industry advocates against the 24 percent wholesale tax on marijuana that took effect on Jan. 1. In October, the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association ...
ISHPEMING – The Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library has announced that its Winter Reading Challenge began on Thursday and will run until the end of February. ICPL’s Winter Reading Challenge is open to all ages — babies through adults are welcome to participate in the event. People of ...
MARQUETTE – The Mill in Manistique has announced the inaugural Writing North Winter Book Fest, coming Feb. 28. This community-centered event will be hosted by The Mill and take place at several Manistique locations including Paper Mill Books, Lake Effect Community Arts and The Blue Mystique ...
WASHINGTON — Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found. It's not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though ...
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2026. There are 358 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 7, 2015, masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people, including the ...