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Period for public comments for Alpena Airspace Complex ends

By Journal Staff ALPENA — The public-comment period for the draft environmental assessment for the modification and addition of airspace at the Alpena Special Use Airspace Complex, prepared by the Michigan Air National Guard and the National Guard Bureau, has closed. The draft EA was ...

3 sentenced in facemask murder

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A married couple and their son convicted of first-degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded the woman’s daughter wear a mask while shopping were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole. Larry Teague, wife Sharmel ...

3 die after ‘mental health crisis’

PONTIAC (AP) — A Michigan mother and her two children were found frozen to death over the weekend after the mom experienced a “mental health crisis,” a county sheriff said Monday. Monica Cannady, 35, “believed someone was trying to kill her and that everybody was in on it” ...

Police: W Michigan man arrested after taking 2 women hostage

WELLSTON, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan was arrested after holding two women hostage, state police said Sunday. Troopers were called to the man’s home, a shed in Wellston about 85 miles north of Grand Rapids, shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday. One of the women told police she and a friend ...

Michigan Democrats unveil first moves in new session

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democratic leaders on Thursday wasted no time outlining their highly anticipated priorities for the session, including tax cuts and repeal of right to work, after taking total control of state government for the first time in 40 years. The ...

Judge tells Detroit museum: Don’t move van Gogh painting

DETROIT — A judge on Wednesday ordered a Detroit museum to hold onto an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh in response to a lawsuit by its owner, who claims it has been missing for nearly six years. The painting, titled “The Novel Reader” or “The Reading Lady,” is part of a rare van ...