2/18/2026

UPPER MICHIGAN - Upper Peninsula representatives for the Michigan House and Senate rescinded their support for Rep. Jack Bergman’s (R-1st Congressional District) reelection campaign.  This comes after Bergman endorsed 38th Senate Candidate Beau LaFave. He is running against current 108th State House Representative Dave Prestin (R-Cedar River). Sen. Ed McBroom, who currently holds the seat, is term-limited.  McBroom said in a statement, alongside U.P. Michigan House representatives Karl Bohnak (R-109th) and Greg Markkanen (R-110th), that Bergman’s endorsement comes after promising not to be involved in the race.  James Hogge with Bergman for Congress say, in part, that the U.P. delegation should be coming together to support LaFave And that It’s sad that this group will come together for a meaningless press release but not to support one of their own they used to employ and champion — simply because they cannot control him.  The Primary Election for each party is set for Aug. 4. Currently, Beau LaFave and Dave Prestin are running for the Republican nomination in the 38th Senate District race.  On the Democratic side, Chris Mapps and Kelli van Ginhoven are also running for the seat.

2/18/2026

LANSING - Michigan lawmakers are seeking answers after the state shelved a $1.1 million report on Native American boarding schools. Bridge Michigan reports a House subcommittee set a hearing for Feb. 27 to try and determine why the study was scrapped. A consulting firm finished the 300-page report in September, but the state never released it and a summary presented to lawmakers left out recommendations. Michigan’s tribes had hoped a report would document the abuses and deaths of Native American children over more than a century in state boarding schools, as well as determine the extent to which the state and local municipalities were involved.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...for Gogebic, Ontonagon Counties in Michigan and Iron and Ashland Counties in Wisconsin. Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches and ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch. Highest snow accumulations north of US-2, locally up to 5 inches in Ontonagon County.  WINTER STORM WARNING GOES IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY...for Bayfield County.  Total snow accumulations of 5 to 8 inches Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.  BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS GOES EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON THURSDAY...for the North Shore of Minnesota. Total snow accumulations between 10 and 18 inches. Easterly winds gusting as high as 60 mph.