DNR: Early Archery Deer Kill Passes 18,000 Mark
LANSING, Mich. — Statewide DNR harvest logs showed 18,475 deer checked in for early archery by 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, a figure that will keep rising because hunters still have 72 hours after each kill to file the report. Friday numbers split roughly into 11,300 antlered animals and 7,100 without antlers. Compared with midweek
DNR Pike Rules Open Otsego Marsh, Lift Small-Fish Caps
LANSING, Mich. — Fresh DNR northern pike rules that took hold Oct. 15 reopen Otsego County marsh water year-round and let anglers keep more smaller pike on four inland lakes after Natural Resources Commission votes on Oct. 14. Commissioners rewrote Fisheries Orders 204 and 206. The Otsego Lake pike marsh, once locked from mid-March through
Senate Bill Push Renews Michigan Paid Family Leave Fight
DETROIT, Mich. — Lawmakers and advocates gathered in Detroit on Friday, as a multi-state paid-leave bus tour crossed Michigan, to revive momentum for a state paid family and medical leave program. Federal Family and Medical Leave Act rules already require larger employers to offer up to 12 weeks away when a baby arrives or a
Election Law Keeps Immigration Agents Off Michigan Polls
LANSING, Mich. — Online rumors about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents watching Michigan voting sites collide with limits written into federal and state election law as early voting continues. Federal rules generally keep armed federal officers away from polling places unless they are called in to stop armed civil unrest. Michigan law goes further for
Medicare PIP Opt-Out Blocks Assigned Claims Fallback
LANSING, Mich. — A published Michigan Court of Appeals ruling has closed a coverage-gap argument for drivers who used the Medicare personal-protection opt-out: they cannot turn to the state assigned claims plan for PIP medical benefits after a crash, even if they were outside their car when hurt. The unanimous panel reversed a trial court
Western Michigan Volleyball Hands Toledo First MAC Loss
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Western Michigan volleyball beat Toledo 3-1 on Friday — Western Michigan 3, Toledo 1 on the conference board — as the Broncos handed Toledo its first MAC loss of the season. Toledo reports said the Broncos took the first two sets, the Rockets answered 25-14 in the third behind a closing 9-0
Michigan Mens Soccer Falls 3-2 at Home to Maryland
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan mens soccer dropped a 3-2 Big Ten decision to 14th-ranked Maryland on Friday at U-M Soccer Stadium after twice erasing one-goal deficits, including an 85th-minute equalizer that lasted only seconds. Henry Bernstein put the Terps ahead in the eighth minute. Grayson Elmquist answered in the 33rd for his fifth goal
Michigan Unemployment Holds at 5% as Payroll Jobs Slip
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s jobless rate did not budge in September, staying at 5.0 percent for a second straight month, according to state figures released Thursday. The steady rate masked a softer month underneath. About 27,000 fewer residents reported having work than in August, while the count of people looking for jobs ticked up by
Most Michigan School Districts Fail Gun Storage Notice Check
LANSING, Mich. — Fewer than half of Michigan’s public school districts appear to be following a state law that requires them to tell families how to store guns safely, according to a report card released Thursday by the advocacy group End Gun Violence Michigan. The group reviewed the websites of 593 districts. Only seven earned
No. 22 Michigan State Volleyball Falls in Four Sets
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois handed No. 22 Michigan State its third loss of the season Thursday night, winning a four-set Big Ten volleyball match at Huff Hall. The Illini took the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23, dropped the third 25-21 and closed out the fourth 25-22. The setback leaves the Spartans at 14-3 overall