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State gives advice on reducing wildfire smoke risk

By Journal Staff LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is providing guidance to Michiganders on how to reduce their risk from air quality events due to wildfire smoke through its new website. “We want Michigan families to know how to best take precautions to protect their health and safety during air quality events,” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, MDHHS chief medical executive, in a news release. “Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to affect air quality across the state. We are urging Michiganders to check the Air Quality Index regularly to ...

GOP White House hopefuls work to stop Trump in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses begins, the sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates is facing growing pressure to prove they can become serious challengers to former President Donald Trump. The urgency is particularly acute for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who entered the race in May with expectations that he would quickly become Trump’s top rival. For now, however, he has struggled to generate the enthusiasm that Trump commands from the GOP base, leaving it uncertain he will become the threat to the former president that he was once ...

Police locate suspect in fatal crash

By Journal Staff MARINETTE, Wis. — The Marinette, Wisconsin, Police Department has identified a person of interest and located a suspect vehicle regarding a hit-and-run fatal incident that took place on Saturday. That person is cooperating with law enforcement authorities and their investigation, the Marinette agency said on its Facebook page. It also stressed that there is no threat to the public. Marinette police said that at about 2:18 a.m. Saturday, Marinette County Dispatch received a 911 call on a report of an individual on a bike who had been struck by a vehicle on the ...

Under investigation

By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY — A northern Michigan city is investigating after a local hair salon owner posted on social media that anyone identifying as other than a man or a woman is not welcome at her business. Christine Geiger’s online posts have drawn criticism from Traverse City’s mayor and other officials, who said they were looking into whether she was violating a municipal anti-discrimination ordinance. Demonstrators chanted and carried signs Wednesday outside the business, Studio 8 Hair Lab — Education & Beauty Supply. In an Associated Press ...

U.P. residents call for better energy

By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula residents are calling for more reliable and less expensive energy. The bipartisan Energy Reliability, Resilience and Accountability Task Force stopped on Friday at Northern Michigan University to hear from residents and ...

Six months. 28 US mass killings

NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006. From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief. Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One ...