This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.” LANSING — Lobbyists spent a record amount of money providing free food and drink for Michigan’s lawmakers in 2025, according to disclosure data ...

CALUMET – CopperDog is just two weekends away and Krissy Kovachich Tepsa, Volunteer Coordinator and Board of Directors member, has a message for the community: “We need you!” There are a multitude of people working behind the scenes to help CopperDog become a reality every year, but when ...

HOUVHGTON — Houghton County Clerk/Register of Deeds Jennifer Kelly has launched a fraud prevention tool designed to protect notaries and the community from the growing threat of notary-related document fraud. The Notary Fraud Alert (NFA) program is a free, easy-to-use service that allows ...

HANCOCK – Nine students from the Copper Country Intermediate School District CTE attended a recent SkillsUSA Regional Competition and will advance to state finals, according to CCISD Public Engagement Specialist David Sim. Bay College, in Escanaba, hosted the 2026 SkillsUSA Regional ...

MARINETTE – A 29-year-old man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide after admitting to killing his girlfriend, whose body was found last week in Menominee County. Robert Alan Chilcote was charged with homicide on Saturday. According to a criminal complaint, Chilcote called ...

MENOMINEE – A Menominee man was recently sentenced to seven to 20 years in prison for first degree criminal sexual conduct. Ralph Joseph Khollman, 82, was sentenced Feb. 6 after pleading guilty to the charge on Dec. 16, 2025. He was prosecuted by Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey ...