I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Cliffs Natural Resources, the international mining and natural resources company that began producing biofuel cubes at a factory near Marquette this year, has announced that it is closing its renewaFUEL operation.
The trial of an upper peninsula man accused of intimidating a black family is underway in Marquette.
Joel Westrom, the former chair of the Marquette County Republicans, has plead no contest in a criminal case stemming from a failed condo development in the upper peninsula city of Marquette. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but it is treated as a guilty plea for sentencing considerations by the court.
Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. said this week that a modification to its wastewater management plan means that it no longer requires a permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is free to begin construction of a controversial nickel sulfide mine northwest of Marquette, AP reports.
Seven Upper Peninsula law enforcement agencies are pondering what to do now that they know they did not get federal grants to hire new police officers. According to the Marquette Mining Journal, six western Marquette County townships and the county sheriff’s department applied for federal funding for three officers for three years. The governments would [...]
Cathy Church, the independent candidate for prosecutor in Marquette has asked for recount of her race. Though the recount is not expected to reverse election results — Church lost to the incumbent Democratic candidate by a 6 percent margin — she says it will be a check on the county’s Diebold brand electronic voting machines [...]
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