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Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid

Local News

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating the loss of her federal food aid benefits when she learned the assistance she receives for heating her Philadelphia apartment may also be at ...

New book shows how Mackinac Island became a tourism gem

Local News

LANSING – Horse-drawn carriages clatter down car-free streets. The mouth-watering smell of fudge wafts from quaint storefronts. Ferries glide across the Straits of Mackinac, carrying visitors to Michigan’s famous – and most charming – tourist destination. Located in the ...

Michigan expands tribal partnerships to restore native wild rice

Community

Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the Anishinaabe people. The DNR’s Wildlife Division, working with the Keweenaw Bay Indian ...

Police: Foul play possible in missing person case

Local News

MUNISING — The Alger County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that foul play may be involved in the disappearance of Starla Goings, 65, missing since mid-August and the subject of a large multi-agency search since then. In statements this week, sheriff’s officials said the disappearance is ...