Nessel urges regulators to cut Consumers Energy rate hike in half
From the HERE City State Desk Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking state regulators to approve less than half of the electric rate increase Consumers Energy is seeking. Consumers Energy wants to raise electric rates by about $456 million a year, which would increase residential electric rates by 9.8%. In testimony filed with the […]
Decoy package helps foil drug smuggling plot at Baraga prison
From the HERE City State Desk Officers at Baraga Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula broke up a drug smuggling plot that has implicated several people, including inmates and a Muskegon woman, the Michigan Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. The department said that on Jan. 18, a woman arrived at the maximum-security prison claiming to […]
Eaton County road worker killed in crash on last day of job
From the HERE City State Desk A 24-year-old Eaton County Road Commission worker was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was hit by two trucks while directing traffic in a work zone in Benton Township, Michigan State Police said. The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. on Lansing Road near Nixon Road. Road crews had temporarily closed […]
James distances himself from Trump in first debate with Benson
From the HERE City State Desk Republican U.S. Rep. John James tried to put some distance between himself and President Donald Trump on Tuesday night in his first debate with Democrat Jocelyn Benson in the race for Michigan governor. Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state, repeatedly sought to tie James to Trump during the hourlong debate, […]
Marquette federal jury convicts Pellston man of child sex abuse
From the HERE City State Desk A federal jury in Marquette has convicted a northern Lower Michigan man of sexually abusing a child in the Upper Peninsula, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Eric Scott May, 39, of Pellston, was found guilty of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, according to U.S. Attorney for the […]
Xcel to sell its Upper Peninsula gas and electric service
From the HERE City State Desk Xcel Energy plans to sell its Michigan utility operations in the western Upper Peninsula to two utilities that already serve the region, the companies announced Tuesday. Under the proposed deals, Xcel’s Michigan natural gas operations would go to SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company and its electric operations would go to […]
VA awards $352,800 for adaptive sports programs in Michigan
From the HERE City State Desk Two Michigan organizations will share $352,800 in federal grants to run adaptive sports programs for veterans and active-duty service members, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced. The money goes to Disability Network Eastern Michigan in Troy and the Regents of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. They are […]