ESCANABA - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a statement Friday following the guilty conviction of Tavaris Jackson. On Thursday, a jury in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court found Jackson, of Escanaba, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the July 2023 killing of ...

MARQUETTE - Four visitors from Illinois who were caught defacing Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore property have been fined and banned from the park for one year. Authorities say they vandalized the shoreline cliffs and collected over 100 pounds of rocks. According to Timothy VerHey, the U.S. ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Potentially record-breaking snowfall is predicted for the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin as a storm system arrives late tonight, with widespread snow totals exceeding a foot and some locations along Lake Michigan seeing up to 3 feet of snow, the National Weather ...

The 2026 ballot will not include a proposal from Invest in MI Kids, which was advocating for what it called a modest 5% surcharge on income over $1 million, or $500,000 for individuals, to invest directly in Michigan’s public schools. In a news release issued late Thursday, the committee ...

ESCANABA - A jury found Tavaris Jackson guilty on all counts in the 2023 killing of 22-year-old Harley Corwin, bringing an end to a closely watched trial in Delta County. The verdict was delivered Thursday in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court following a trial that began with jury ...

SAULT STE. MARIE – The Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, will open to marine traffic at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time March 25, marking the start of the 2026 Great Lakes shipping season, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday. Federal regulation establishes the ...