MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Some in Michigan have viewed Governor Rick Snyder as a moderate or centrist, but a new poll seems to say otherwise. The survey, conducted by Lansing-based Denno Research for Lambert, Edwards and Associates, shows 53 percent saying the Governor either leans right or is on the hard [...]
Continue reading …MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – An autopsy is being performed today in Marquette as part of the investigation into the death of a Marquette County man that authorities have ruled as suspicious. State Police at the Negaunee Post responding to a report of a missing person complaint found the body of the [...]
Continue reading …MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Whiteout conditions are believed to be the cause of a snowmobile accident yesterday morning in Schoolcraft County. The Schoolcraft County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened around 11 a.m. near the 8-mile cut across and trail 413. Police say a 48-year-old man from downstate Clayton was riding [...]
Continue reading …MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The City of Manistique is receiving a $25,000 prize in recognition of its community partnership to help people live healthy lives. The community is one of six winners of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Roadmaps to Health” Prize. Manistique was chosen because of the community’s innovative plans [...]
Continue reading …MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – State Senator Howard Walker has introduced legislation to eliminate numerous outdated liquor control regulations in the state in an effort to boost growth in Michigan’s microbreweries and wineries. The Traverse City Republican says Senate Bill 216 incorporates nearly all of the Office of Regulatory Reinvention’s recommendations for [...]
Continue reading …MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – A State House Committee in Lansing has approved a bill that maintains Michigan’s drunken-driving blood alcohol threshold at .08. Under the existing law, the threshold would revert back to .10 in October. Sponsors say Michigan roads are safer with the tougher BAC limit. The measure has had [...]
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