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Driver arraigned after crash on Mackinac Bridge

MACKINAC COUNTY – The 28-year-old man arrested after a two-vehicle crash on the Mackinac Bridge Wednesday morning has been arraigned. Redane Smith, a seasonal worker from Jamaica, was arraigned Thursday in the Mackinac County 92nd District Court, on one count of reckless driving causing ...

Nessel seeks to cut UPPCO rate hike by 42%

MARQUETTE -- State Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking state regulators to sharply reduce a proposed Upper Peninsula Power Co. electric rate increase, arguing the utility should receive no more than $9.9 million of the $17.3 million it wants. Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan Public ...

House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an option

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections. The undertaking is as robust as it is daunting, spanning several House committees. With majority power comes bigger budgets and staff, and the ability to investigate, subpoena and potentially course-correct what the Democrats say are widespread corruption and abuses of power. Impeachment of the Republican president and Cabinet officials is not ...

Eleven 10: some old, some new

ESCANABA — Sara Papaik’s vision for an unpretentious yet quality dining experience in downtown Escanaba is unfolding at Eleven 10 Bistro. After working in restaurants throughout her adolescent and adult life, Papaik began to toy with the idea of owning her own. For over a decade after ...