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Battle Creek Legislator Targeted By Michigan Utilities The Michigan League of Conservation Voters says Battle Creek Democratic State Representative Jim Haadsma is being targeted by digital advertising by the states major utilities.  But the league says it’s a shady process, involving front groups that don’t openly say they are connected with the utility companies. The League says Representative Haadsma and several other Democratic lawmakers from around the state are being targeted by the d...

Mar 1, 2021 >>Swatara Township Board Continues Fight Against Warehouse Project (Swatara Twp., PA) -- The Swatara Township Board of Supervisors are still fighting to stop a warehouse project between Route 322 and Chambers Hill Road. The board filed an appeal after Dauphin County President Judge John Cherry reversed their initial denial of a conditional use application for the group looking to build the warehouses. Together, the proposed warehouses would take up over one-point-two million squar...

Rep. John Cherry and others are introducing legislation to specifically address prosecuting gun owners not using trigger locks or safes whose weapons lead to tragedies involving children handling those guns.

After a string of tragic incidents in involving children and guns that were not properly stored at home, a Michigan representative is backing two new bills to encourage gun owners to lock them up. Its something that has been occurring for far too many years. A child will be playing, will come across a gun that hasnt been properly locked up or stored, and, inevitably, an accident occurs injuring either that child or someone else. In fact, in the last week there have been multiple incidents of ...

Owosso Boy Dies From Gunshot, Cherry Wants Lock-Up Law in Homes Enter your number to get our free mobile app A 3-year-old Owosso boy has died after accidentally shooting himself on Friday. A Michigan State Representative hopes new legislation can prevent more tragedies by requiring guns to be locked up in homes with small children. Police were called to a residence in Owosso shortly after noon on Friday (1/22) and found the toddler suffering from a gunshot wound. Medical personnel began providi...

Dauphin County Bar Association honors CASA board chair Updated Jan 24, 2021; Posted Jan 24, 2021 Members of the bar association honored Lori Serratelli at a ceremony last week for her decade-long effort to establish a county CASA program and for her steadfast leadership. Facebook Share Members of the bar association honored Serratelli at a ceremony last week for her decade-long effort to establish a county CASA program and for her steadfast leadership of the CASA team during its first two yea...

Could a new law in Michigan keep a child from finding gun at home? Consider this tragedy in Detroit: a toddler fatally shot his 5-year-old cousin.

Secret grand jury helped prosecutors beat statute of limitations deadline in Flint water case Updated Jan 21, 2021; Facebook Share Most felonies and misdemeanors carry a six-year deadline for filing charges in Michigan. The deadly decision to switch Flint’s water source from the Detroit River to the Flint River occurred on April 25, 2014. Some speculated that if charges didn’t come before April 25, 2020, it would be too late. “April 25, 2014, is a significant date in the history of the F...

Australian Antarctic Division You might not expect to find carpenters, chefs, or an experienced boilermaker in a hospital operating theatre. But that’s exactly where one such group of tradies and technicians has been spending their time in Hobart recently… and not only that – they’re bound for Antarctica. A group of eight expeditioners – scheduled to depart for Mawson and Davis research stations in late January – have completed in intense fortnight of training at the Royal Hobart Ho...

Remembering Fannie Krevsky: ‘a beautiful, kind, loving woman’ PennLive.com 12/19/2020 Fannie G. Krevsky wasn’t afraid to make her voice heard. For decades, she was committed to helping her community, serving as a member of the Harrisburg School Board for 24 years. She was also the board’s first female president. She was an avid volunteer and served on the boards of the Harrisburg Library and Police Athletic League. On Dec. 16, the 104-year-old Harrisburg legend died in her home. “Sh...