MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court grappled Monday with a case affecting whether the swing state's nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and ...

GAYLORD — The Michigan Department of Transportation will keep nearly all of the state’s 77 rest areas open this winter to maintain the convenience and safety they provide to motorists but will again close five seasonal areas beginning Dec. 2. Only five rest areas are closed each year for ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — After a year of speculation and months of renovation, the wait is over. Somewhere is now open for business at 427 S. Stephenson Ave. in the Downtown Plaza, the corner storefront formerly occupied for 54 years by Don Khoury’s The Wishing Well gift shop. Despite some ...

NORWAY — The Knights’ Kingdom playground equipment at Strawberry Lake Park in Norway has seen better days. Built in 1993, Knights’ Kingdom did not originate with the City of Norway. Instead, a committee of community members that included Lorna Flesher and Donna Hayes partnered with ...

LANSING — The number of young people moving to small towns and rural areas across America has been increasing, but not so in Michigan, where populations in rural areas are shrinking and aging, according to a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau. This national trend reverses a pattern ...

ESCANABA — A Rock man given a delayed sentencing for fatally shooting his neighbor’s dog asked that terms of that arangement be modified to allow him to bow hunt. David Ralph Hayes, 66, of 3474 St. Nicholas 31st Road, was charged with killing/torturing — third degree, but 47th Circuit ...