MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) recently announced new domestic animal movement requirements designed to keep New World screwworm (NWS) — a species of parasitic blowfly — out of Michigan. While no detections have been found in the state, ...
The embattled director of the Michigan Department of Corrections is defending conditions inside the state prisons. Heidi Washington, who is facing calls for removal over treatment of female prisoners, on Thursday wrote a letter to U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell claiming that her department “has ...
LANSING – Barry Hopkinson, 61, of Cheboygan, was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison on Thursday, June 18 for threatening a 53rd Circuit Court Judge, the Cheboygan County Prosecutor and a Cheboygan County Assistant Prosecutor, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Hopkinson ...
MIDLAND – Galen Ohnmacht, board-certified thoracic surgeon at MyMichigan Health, and his team have successfully completed the health system’s first robotic-assisted lung biopsy using the newly acquired ION Intuitive system, according to a MyMichigan Health press release. This technology ...
ESCANABA — Four beagles rescued from a Wisconsin breeding and testing facility are getting a second chance through a partnership between the Delta Animal Shelter, Northwoods Animal Shelter, Big Dog Ranch Rescue and Dogs of the Michigan Department of Corrections. The Delta Animal Shelter ...
GLADSTONE — One year after a lounging Bigfoot became one of the most photographed attractions on Gladstone Beach, the artists who brought the sandy cryptid to life are back. Visit Escanaba, the convention and visitors bureau for Delta County, has once again hired the artists of Art Club ...