11/18/2025

GOGEBIC / ONTONAGON COUNTIES – The 2025 Firearm Deer Season in Michigan started Saturday.  Since yesterday morning there were 50 antlered and 1 antlerless deer harvested in Gogebic County for a total of 150 so far this season according to the DNR website just before sunrise this morning.  In Ontonagon County corrected updated numbers show 212 antlered and 6 antlerless deer were harvested since the start of the season for a total of 218.  The Michigan gun deer season runs until the end of the month; hunters are reminded to report deer kills to the DNR on their website or through the DNR app.  Wisconsin gun deer season starts on Saturday. 

11/18/2025

MICHIGAN - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson introduced a new specialty license plate honoring the state’s women veterans. The plate, featuring a woman veteran vignette and the inscription “Her Service Our Freedom” and “Woman Veteran,” is Michigan’s 33rd military-themed plate. Unveiled on November 10 in Dearborn, Democratic State Senator Sylvia Santana of Detroit, who sponsored the authorizing bill 788, and Lolita Tucker, Michigan’s Disabled American Veterans state commander, attended. Tucker, a U.S. Army veteran and bill champion, was presented with the first plate. As of September 2025, Michigan has over 44,000 woman veterans, 9% of the state’s veteran population. Eligible veterans can order the plate online or at a branch office.

11/18/2025

MARQUETTE - The legal battle over Enbridge’s Line 5 continues.  On Friday, the environmental groups and tribes opposed to Line 5 filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court challenging the project.  The Managing Attorney for the groups says the lower court applied an incorrect legal standard and overlooked significant flaws in the commission’s application of the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.  In a statement, Enbridge says, “We are confident in the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) thorough permitting process. The February decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the comprehensive and detailed work of the MPSC to approve the Great Lakes Tunnel Project.”  The project would involve replacing Line 5 with a new tunnel that runs four miles along the Mackinac Straits. It would bury the line underground and include a one-foot-thick concrete liner.