upper peninsula

More than 500 people showed up to support the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. It was the first stop on a three-event day that culminated in a 1,200-person rally in Marquette that evening. Russ McNamara reports.

The Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate campaigned in a very red part of the state Thursday. As Russ McNamara reports, Abdul El-Sayed brought his message to the Upper Peninsula.

The Michigan Supreme Court has refused a case filed by an animal rights group that is seeking constitutional legal rights for a group of chimpanzees in an Upper Peninsula Zoo. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A program that gives direct cash payments to pregnant and new mothers launched Monday across the entire Upper Peninsula. Colin Jackson has more.

An Upper Peninsula zoo is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to refuse a case that seeks to expand human rights protections to include chimpanzees. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An animal rights organization has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to hear its case that chimpanzees in an Upper Peninsula zoo deserve constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An animal rights group plans to appeal a case to the Michigan Supreme Court seeking an unlawful imprisonment hearing for six chimpanzees at an Upper Peninsula zoo. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An animal rights group is asking the Michigan Court of Appeals to order an unlawful imprisonment hearing for seven chimpanzees at a private zoo in the Upper Peninsula. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A bill scheduled for a committee hearing today in the Michigan Senate would put more resources into a program that helps pregnant and new mothers. Colin Jackson has more.

Rx Kids is getting closer to coming to Ypsilanti. Director Dr. Mona Hanna was the featured speaker Monday at the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.