ESCANABA — The 2025 U.P. State Fair wrapped up Sunday after a week of strong attendance and community support, organizers said. Fairgoers packed the midway, barns, and grandstand, driving record gate revenue and vendor sales, despite bouts of rain and heat. Overall, the estimated attendance ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group representing local governments across Michigan is calling on state lawmakers to set aside $800 million over the next five years to help spur affordable housing projects, predicting the cash infusion could result in 10,000 new or rehabilitated homes. The ...

A Republican bill to ban ranked choice voting in the state of Michigan, which was introduced in the House of Representatives last month and pushed through committee Tuesday after just one hearing, was passed in the lower chamber Wednesday with opposition from the chamber’s Democrats. House ...

MUNISING — The Alger County Sheriff’s Office has started a missing person investigation for a woman who reportedly was last seen at her Munising home late Friday evening. Starla Goings, 65, is a white female, about 5 feet 4 inches in height and weighing about 160 pounds. She has short ...

LANSING – A former Norway Police officer has been bound over for trial on misconduct in office charges after being accused of having improper contact with women using personal information taken from police databases, according to the Michigan attorney general’s office. Chad Olson, 43, of ...

MARQUETTE – Erin Taylor was murdered 25 years ago as of Friday, a crime that remains unsolved to this day as her best friend continues to push for justice and closure. Bonnie Dowd has been advocating for new information and the continuation of the Taylor case for 25 years, longer than ...