State Senator John Damoose, R-Harbor Springs, provided a lengthy update on the progress being made in several northern Michigan counties on social media. If Upper Peninsula residents are in critical need of resources, residents should contact their county’s sheriff’s office, Damoose said.

Following a string of ice storms which tore through the northern Lower Peninsula over the weekend, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expanding her initial state of emergency and deploying the Michigan National Guard to help clear roadways and areas overcome by debris.

State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a rising star of the Democratic Party, has officially announced her bid for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat.

State Senator Mallory McMorrow of Michigan, a Democrat from the Detroit suburbs, jumped into her state’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, becoming the first prominent candidate to enter the contest, which will help decide control of the chamber next fall.