LANSING – With a new generation of voters growing, social media has taken command as the main focal point of political news. Especially for Generation Z. During the 2024 election, the young voter turnout — ages 18 to 29 — in Michigan reached 58%, an increase by 4% from the 2022 midterm ...

ESCANABA – While the weather was less than ideal, the community turned out for the Escanaba tree lighting Tuesday night. Before the tree lighting, shoppers visited various stores in downtown Escanaba’s business district throughout the day for Black Friday on Tuesday. Some of the stores ...

ESCANABA — No injuries were reported in a house fire early Wednesday that caused heavy damage at 911 First Ave. S. Dispatched at about 3:55 a.m., Escanaba Department of Public Safety found fire had engulfed the back of the house, according to a news release from Escanaba Public Safety. ...

Grace Church, 528 28th St. in Gladstone, hosted its annual free community Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. The meal had the traditional favorites -- turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, sweet potatoes baked with marshmallows, green bean casserole ...

Colder weather and snow cover might bode well for the closing days of the Michigan and Wisconsin deer seasons that run through Sunday. Michigan’s 16-day firearm season began Nov. 15, while Wisconsin’s nine-day gun hunt opened Saturday. Wisconsin hunters registered 3.9% more deer during ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Residents of the Great Lakes region had a snowy Thanksgiving, as a weather system dropped precipitation across the area, particularly in the northern Upper Peninsula. Snowfall that began Wednesday persisted Thursday with winds and snow bands out of the north and ...