State Panel Authorizes 5-Year Road Reconstruction Project
A state panel has authorized borrowing $3.5 billion to roughly double spending on state road and bridge construction over five years. It will allow for 73 new projects in high-traffic areas and enable the...
Midland Police Chose First Female Chief of Police
After a five-month, nationwide search, Midland Police Department has finally chosen its new chief of police. Nicole Ford was announced as Midland's new police chief on Wednesday. She is the first female police chief...
Banding Industries Defrauding Scam Hearing Delayed Again
The woman who defrauded Bandit Industries of $3.65 million in an invoicing scam will wait until mid-February to learn her sentence. The Morning Sun says 47-year old Lorie Stuer of North Branch, was scheduled...
Technical Issues Cause 9-1-1 Outage
The Michigan State Police says a 911 outage is statewide due to a technical issue while crews were installing an update. Crews are working to fix it—but in the meantime, emergency calls should be...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer To Borrow $3.5 Billion For Roads
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Michigan will borrow $3.5 billion to rebuild state highways and bridges over five years. She unveiled the bonding plan during her second annual State of the State speech on Wednesday.
Recycling Rates Go Up in Midland
Recycling will go up in Midland. A new contract that was approved with Republic Services to continue the monthly recycling program for city residents will cost the city more than $100,000 in additional fees,...
Michigan State Police Warn People of Impersonation Scam
Michigan State Police are warning people of a scam after they say a man lost $30,000. A caller told the man he was from Michigan State Police and the Houghton lake sent them $10,000...
Four Candidates Interviewing For Position At CMU
Four candidates who have been invited to CMU’s campus beginning tomorrow will vie for Vice President for student recruitment and retention. Lee Furbeck, Dawn Medley, Anne Monroe and Jennifer DeHaemers will visit campus over...
A medical marijuana shop owner is headed to prison. Danny Trevino of Lansing...
A medical marijuana shop owner is headed to prison. Danny Trevino of Lansing ran a few shops including one in Mt. Pleasant and now has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison...
Michigan Senate Votes To Require Study To Assess Feasibility of Tolls
The Michigan Senate has voted to require that a study be done to assess the feasibility of tolls along the state’s highways. The bill was sent Tuesday to the House for future consideration. It’s...