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Small plane crash investigated by feds

SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP — Injuries were reported as the result of a small plane crash Friday evening in rural Houghton County. According to the Michigan State Police Spl/Lt. Ashley Miller, Seventh District public information officer, the crash was reported at 7:45 p.m. Friday evening. Miller confirmed that MSP responded to a small plane crash that occurred on Township Park Road in Schoolcraft Township.  Miller said a full report had not been filed as of Monday morning. "There were no fatalities, however, I believe there were injuries." Miller did not have name(s) of the injured nor ...

She investigated Michigan Indian boarding schools — and found her family

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. Journalist Sierra Nadeau recalls the moment, while researching an article on boarding schools for Native Americans, that “my heart ...

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Up on the rooftop

HOUGHTON - Dunkin's Houghton outlet hosted its second annual Cop on a Rooftop Friday morning to support Special Olympics Michigan athletes. Houghton City Police officers were joined by officers from Hancock City Police Dept, as well as personnel from the Michigan Department of Corrections. Carla White, with the MDOC, is also an executive council member with the Law Enforcement Torch Run. "This morning's event is through the Law Enforcement Torch Run," said White. "We are the largest grassroots fundraisers for Special Olympics in the world." White said she has been involved with ...

State Board of Canvassers votes to accept Cambensy’s qualifying petitions

LANSING — The Michigan State Board of Canvassers Monday voted to accept Independent State Senate candidate Sara Cambensy's qualifying petitions after hearing a recommendation from Michigan Elections Director Jonathan Brater, as well as from lawyer Mark Brewer, Cambensy and Cambensy’s ...

State corrections officers altered prisoner’s ID with racial caricature, lawsuit claims

NEWBERRY — A corrections officer at Newberry Correctional Facility in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula digitally altered a Native American prisoner’s ID to depict him wearing a feathered headdress, stereotypical Indigenous attire and facial paint, a lawsuit filed in Michigan state court in ...