Stories tagged: "007 LOCAL NEWS"


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Lost Michigan Toddler Found in the Woods Was Using Family Dog as a Pillow

A 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula alongside two family dogs was found in the woods hours later sleeping on the smaller dog like a furry pillow, state police said.

In this photo released by the Michigan State Police, a Department of Natural Resources sergeant stands in the doorway of an outhouse after a woman became trapped in the toilet after attempting to retrieve her Apple Watch, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at Dixon Lake in Bagley Township, Mich. (Michigan State Police via AP)
MI Woman Rescued From Outhouse Toilet After Climbing in to Retrieve Watch

A woman was rescued Tuesday from an outhouse toilet in northern Michigan after she climbed in to retrieve her Apple Watch and became trapped.

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker signals from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Central Michigan, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
MSU Tells Mel Tucker it Will Fire Him for Misconduct With Rape Survivor

Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller told suspended football coach Mel Tucker Monday that he will be fired without compensation for misconduct involving activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy.

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker walks the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 45-14. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
Michigan State Plans to Dig Into Source of Leak in Mel Tucker Investigation

Michigan State is looking into the source of a leak that led to Brenda Tracy's identity being revealed as part of an investigation into her allegations that suspended football coach Mel Tucker sexually harassed her.

Angelika Martinez-McGhee, alongside other survivors of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse spoke about legal action against Michigan State university on July 27, 2023 in front of one of MSU’s entrance signs. (Photo via Michigan Advance)
‘Trauma After Trauma’: Nassar Survivors Grapple With Another Sexual Abuse Investigation at MSU

Survivors say the Mel Tucker story emerging at Michigan State University – a place where school leadership failed to respond to complaints about Nassar beginning as early as 1997 – was yet another example of “institutional failure.”

Michigan State University Spartan Stadium. (Photo via Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance)
Metal Detectors to be Installed at MSU Football Stadium, Performing Arts Center and Other Buildings

Michigan State University’s Spartan Stadium will have walk-through metal detectors at the entrances in time for the next game on Saturday.

Downtown Traverse City (Courtesy/Traverse City Downtown Development Authority)
Four New Construction Projects Bringing $135 Million into Northern Michigan

The state of Michigan is chipping in $5.6 million in grant funding to help cover more than $135 million in projects in Escanaba, Petoskey, Sault Ste. Marie, and Traverse City.