WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by today's deadline. Roughly 750,000 federal workers are ...

LANSING – The Great Lakes have more than 100 native fish species but only one native sturgeon: the lake sturgeon. Called “Namaew” in the Menominee language, lake sturgeon were once abundant throughout all the Great Lakes, surviving ice ages, industrialization and centuries of human ...

POWERS — Voters in the North Central Area Schools District are being asked Nov. 4 to approve borrowing $10.3 million toward consolidating their schools into one facility, with more than half the anticipated total cost of about $26 million being covered by a state grant. The Menominee ...

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Public Safety Department responded early Monday afternoon to a minor kitchen fire at the Gladstone Deli, 824 Delta Ave. At least one fire truck and one police cruiser were dispatched about 1 p.m. The grease fire on the stovetop was extinguished quickly, a sergeant ...

GLADSTONE – The Gladstone High School’s auditorium today is used for many occasions. Kindergarten students walk across the stage to graduate. Children sing Christmas carols in front of the big lights and dolled-up high school students cross the stage for the prom Grand March. The venue ...

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — In the chaotic moments after a former Marine smashed his pickup truck into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan and began shooting, church members pulled others to safety while smoke filled the building, officials said ...