Lansing, MI - Heart disease is the leading cause of death of women in the United States and in Michigan, causing about one in five deaths in 2020. In recognition of American Heart Month and the American Heart Association’s Go Red™ for Women campaign, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) WISEWOMAN program and Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Unit are working together to raise awareness of heart health.
Lansing, MI - The 2022 deer hunting season has officially come to a close. Kicking off with the Liberty Hunt Sept. 9 and finishing with the urban deer hunt in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, which ended Jan. 31, it was a memorable season for Michigan deer hunting.
Lansing, MI - The Antrim County Circuit Court has approved two motions from the State in the trial of 5 co-conspirators who provided material support in the plot to kidnap and murder Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Pontiac, MI - Oakland County residents will see transit services expand later this year now that the Board of Commissioners has approved contracts with four public transportation providers - SMART, North Oakland Transportation Authority (NOTA), Western Oakland Transportation Authority (WOTA), and the Older Persons' Commission (OPC) – under the countywide transportation millage approved by voters last November.
Lansing, MI - Michigan students will soon benefit from the addition of 31 police officers recently trained in the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program. The Michigan State Police (MSP) hosted the four-day training, which concluded Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.
Lansing, MI - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition, led by California and New York, in submitting comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) supplemental proposal to strengthen regulation of emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed facilities in the oil and natural gas sector, and to, for the first time, regulate methane emissions from existing facilities, which comprise the majority of the emissions in this sector.
Detroit, MI - Weather permitting, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) contract crews will close the westbound I-94 ramp to northbound M-10 at 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20.
Mt. Clemens, MI - The Macomb County Office of Senior Services has been awarded a grant from Meals on Wheels of America to help veterans being discharged from the hospital.