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IRON COUNTY — The Iron County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched, on January 29th, 2019, to a structure fire at 105 Little Deer Rd in Stambaugh Twp . When fire and law enforcement personnel arrived at the scene the residence was fully engulfed by the fire. A witness reported that the …

One woman was killed in an accident Thursday night in Marquette County.  Troopers from the Michigan State Police Negaunee Post responded to a two-vehicle crash on US-41 near Brebner Road in Negaunee Township. Officers say a 2004 Toyota Avalon driven by an 81-year-old man from Sands Township was eastbound on …

The average unemployment rate in the Upper Peninsula dropped last year, eight-tenths of a percentage point below the 2017 average rate. The latest seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates were released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Though the unemployment rate dropped for all major labor markets in …

Charges are expected against a woman who left her 2-year-old child out in the car with freezing temperatures. Ishpeming Police say they responded to a report Wednesday from employees at the Salvation Army that a small child was locked in a vehicle with no one around.  The vehicle was not …

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan residents still can apply for and receive Medicaid and public assistance benefits such as food and cash assistance; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); State Emergency Relief and child care reimbursement despite the partial federal government shutdown. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is clarifying …

A snowmobiler was injured in Alger County Sunday when he collided with another vehicle. The Alger County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened on H-58, about 2 miles east of Melstrand. Authorities say 37-year-old Travis Joe Ross of Charlotte, MI was traveling eastbound on H-58 at a high rate of …

A downstate man is dead following a snowmobile accident in Luce County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste Marie Post were dispatched to Snowmobile Trail 9 near County Road 452 in McMillan Twp on Friday just before 11:30am for a snowmobile accident. They found that the driver and …

ESCANABA — An Escanaba man was arrested for Child Abuse 2nd degree, 10 year felony, and lodged at the Delta County Jail where he remains lodged on a $150,000 cash/surety bond after arraignment in 94th District Court. Delta County Central Dispatch received a 911 call on a report of an …

Washington – Congressman Jack Bergman has announced his support of a bipartisan bill to pay U.S. Coast Guard members during the partial government shutdown. H.R. 367, the Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019, would provide all pay and benefits for members of the Coast Guard as well as …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2019 to be Radon Action Month in Michigan, and she is encouraging all Michigan residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes. You cannot see, smell, or taste radon, and there are no short-term side effects to alert you that it …