Monday, January 20, 2025

Michigan Legislature Delays Minimum Wage Hike

The Republican-led Michigan Legislature has passed bills that would delay a minimum wage hike and scale back paid sick leave requirements. It is an unprecedented lame-duck strategy. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says the...

CMU Police Partners With CMU Food Pantry

CMU Police have teamed up with the CMU Food Pantry to help feed the community and pay off tickets. The Food For Fines will only take place through Friday. Students can donate non perishable...

Empty Keg Party Store Robber Arrested In Lansing

Police arrested a man they’ve been looking for for two months for the robbery of the Empty Keg Party Store in Mt. Pleasant. Rickery Cole Jr. was arrested Monday in the Lansing area and...

Union Township Receives Funding From Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe

Union Twp. Has received 2% funding from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to revamp a couple baseball fields. McDonald Park is one of the fields that will use the money to renovate.

Landlines Out In Alma

A telephone landline outage is leaving Alma customers without phone service. The outage was reported at 6:20 p.m. and is due to a hardware failure with Frontier. There is no estimated restoration time yet...

Ferris Football Player Off Roster For Possible Altercation

A female student at Ferris State University claims a football player punched her in the face.  The Ferris State football player was taken off the player roster on their website as of Monday and...

Police Looking For Possible Theives

Police in Mecosta County are looking for a man and woman after a larceny happened at Morley Depot in Morley Monday afternoon. They say the couple was seen driving a white Buick. They are...

CMU Responds To Hate Message

CMU has responded to a message of hate that occurred in November at Robinson Hall on a white board. CMU said on their Facebook page that they stand behind Jace Parker, who identifies as...

Michigan Businesses Discharge Chemical Contaminants

A newspaper investigation has found that Michigan businesses are discharging large amounts of chemical contaminants into the state’s waterways every day. MLive.com obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act that show that 16...

Michigan Is The First In The Midwest To Allow Recreational Marijuana Use

Michigan will be the first state in the Midwest to allow marijuana for more than just medical purposes. Residents who are at least 21 years old can possess or transport up to 2.5 ounces...