EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. LANSING — Amid a continued rise in prison assaults, the Michigan Department of Corrections this month launched a new “safe ...
MARQUETTE — Room at the Inn Executive Director Chelsie Wilkinson recently got back from a trip to Lansing, where she presented to state legislators in the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Human Resources Appropriations Subcommittee about Room at the Inn’s permanent ...
COPPER HARBOR — The Upper Peninsula Dark Sky Festival is returning to Copper Harbor for its fourth year running from April 16-18 at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. The event, which is held during International Dark Sky Week, seeks to celebrate the beauty of natural darkness, the science of the ...
ESCANABA – A coach bus traveling to the Island Resort and Casino in Harris crashed in Green Bay on Sunday, injuring 36 out of 54 travelers. The driver of the bus was arrested shortly after the crash and was found to have both a revoked license and a revoked commercial driver’s ...
YPSILANTI — Michigan is recording its first measles case in a child under 5 as the Washtenaw County outbreak reaches seven confirmed cases. All have occurred in unvaccinated individuals, leaving one person hospitalized. County officials are asking anyone unvaccinated or not already immune to ...
ESCANABA — A teacher’s aide at the Delta Schoolcraft Intermediate School District (DSISD) Learning Center was terminated and charged with child abuse following a December incident involving a special needs student. Robin Merle Popour, of Gladstone, was arraigned in the Delta County ...