Author: Jesse Baroka
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats are poised to bring an 11-bill package to the Legislature that would implement safe storage laws, universal background checks and extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws. A mass shooting on the Michigan State University campus less than a month ago has pushed Democrats to act […]
MARENISCO TOWNSHIP – An Illinois woman is dead after a snowmobile crash in Marenisco Township. On Wednesday, the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post responded to a report of a snowmobile crash on Trail 1 near the Michigan/Wisconsin border. The MSP says 60-year-old Cindy Zihaveah from Antioch, Ill., was traveling south on Trail 1, her snowmobile […]
WAKEFIELD – Think Your Tax Assessment in Wakefield Is Too High or Incorrect? You’ve Got Recourse…The City of Wakefield has announced that all owners of real estate and personal property in the city who feel they’ve been unjustly assessed can appear before the Board of Review on Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and 21st between […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have blocked Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to mandate students get vaccinated against meningitis and obtain a doctor’s note to avoid a chickenpox shot. Officials with the state health department, an Evers Cabinet agency, announced last month that beginning this fall students entering 7th grade must get a meningitis shot […]
LANSING – Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged over the month at 4.3 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. According to the DTMB, total employment in the state advanced by 3,000, while unemployment remained constant over the month, resulting in a minor workforce increase of […]
ASHLAND / BAYFIELD COUNTIES -The National Forest Service plans to conduct prescribed burns later this month on the Chequamegon-Nicollet National Forest. There are no exact dates for the burns as they will be held as the weather allows, but they could begin as early as mid-March. Prescribed fires are intended to help restore and improve […]
ASHLAND – The annual Chequamegon Bay Arts Council call for artists has been announced. The Arts Council puts out a call for application for artistic development grants. The Ashland Daily Press reports the grants are intended to promote learning and encourage local residents to explore and extend their artistic abilities for their own growth and […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats have passed legislation in the state House that would repeal the state’s right-to-work law that prohibits public and private unions from requiring that nonunion employees pay fees. The law was passed by a GOP-led Legislature and Republican Gov. Rick Snyder in 2012 amid intense protests at the Capitol. Democrats […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – An expansion of Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act will be sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk after the House of Representatives voted to pass the amendment late last night. The expansion prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender or identity or expression in employment, public accommodations and public services, educational […]
GRAND MARAIS – Yesterday afternoon in Grand Marais, Cook County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a report of a possible person deceased following an altercation in the city of Grand Marais. Upon arrival Deputies located a 78-year-old male suffering from multiple areas of trauma to the head who ultimately succumbed to the injuries sustained. The […]