ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) — The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town was settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl, days after a 616-616 tie. The new council member in Rogers City: Timeen Adair, whose paper said “elected.” Brittany VanderWall’s paper said ...

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission announced 46 individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations as recipients of the 2022 Governor’s Service Awards and applauded their commitment to volunteerism, service and ...

DETROIT — Prosecutors said they’ll seek a life sentence with no chance for parole for a 16-year-old boy who killed four fellow students at a Michigan school and pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism. They disclosed their plans in a court filing Monday, three weeks after Ethan Crumbley, ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — The unclaimed cremains of five military veterans have been buried with full honors at a national cemetery in southwestern Michigan. The cremains, which had gone unclaimed in a morgue for months, were buried Thursday amid folded flags, the playing of the “Taps” ...

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Lexie Overstreet logged plenty of miles on foot, knocking on doors to try to persuade Kentuckians not to take away one of the last legal paths to restoring abortion rights in the state. Now she’s hoping her side’s ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — Michigan’s outdoor recreation system — including public lands and waters, playgrounds and bike paths, and so much more — provides critically important social, health, economic and environmental benefits everyone, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...