MACKINAW CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week approved energy company Enbridge’s plans to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac, a Great Lakes channel, pushing past its own findings that construction could ruin the environmentally ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan State Police (MSP) announced the promotion of Captain Christopher Gerard to commander of the Eighth District. Beginning October 26, 2025, Captain Gerard now leads MSP field services for the Eighth District, which covers the entire Upper Peninsula. Gerard is a ...
LANSING — As a group of Northern Michigan University students huddled around the carcass of a northern pike supposedly caught earlier that day, they knew something was wrong: The fish was far too small. Michigan law requires anglers to release northern pike if they’re less than 24 inches ...
LAURIUM – Construction of the Public Works Department garage is progressing, according to Village Manager Ian Lewis. “The footings for the building are going to be poured this Friday,” he said. “After the footings have set, the blocks will be laid.” The blocks have been delivered to ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My son is 32 years old and developed a superficial blood clot in his arm near the elbow. They tested him for the factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation, and he is positive and heterozygous. They put him on blood thinners. I went and got tested. I tested positive and am homozygous, ...