7/07/2026

MICHIGAN - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general in filing a formal comment letter (PDF) opposing the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) proposal to restrict absentee ballot delivery.  The USPS proposal was issued to work in tandem with an executive order President Trump issued on March 31. That executive order would require states to submit to the USPS each absentee or mail-in voter’s name, address and unique “Intelligent Mail Barcode.”  The USPS proposed that it would enforce that order by refusing to deliver ballots to anyone not on that list.  Attorney General Nessel says while a federal judge barred the executive order from being enforced, the USPS has not rescinded its proposed rule.  In filing this comment letter, Attorney General Nessel was joined by the attorneys general in several other states including Wisconsin and Minnesota. 

7/07/2026

GOGEBIC COUNTY – Winning 50/50 ticket from the weekend still unclaimed.  Ramsay’s winning 50/50 ticket was claimed.  Wakefield winning ticket number was 42060 a prize worth $50,000 still unclaimed and for Bessemer Blast their winning ticket number was 66363 that ticket worth $69,377 a winner hasn’t yet come forward.  Until winners come forward to claim their prize money you are asked to hold on to your tickets.  If winners don’t come forward a drawing will be held to draw a new winner. 

7/06/2026

ASHLAND - Seven people have been displaced after a house fire early Friday morning on Kimball Street in Ashland. Firefighters responded around 2:30 a.m., quickly knocked down the flames engulfing the manufactured home, and then searched the house. All seven residents and two dogs escaped without injury, but several other pets died. The home was destroyed, along with most everything in it. The Salvation Army is assisting the family, and the cause remains under investigation.