It will have to be a big cake to hold all the candles, but Calumet Township is turning 150 this year. A celebration is planned for August 19th and 20th and will include The Great Deer Chase, vendors in the park, a street dance, parade and fireworks. The Sesquicentennial Committee …

The City of Houghton is among the communities being featured in Roadmaps to Health. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings website recognized Houghton and the Western UP Health Department for implementing strategies to make a healthier community. Local initiatives to increase physical activity include the city’s Complete Streets …

Former state Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have filed a notice with a Michigan Court saying they could sue the state, and others, to recoup more than $500,000. Do they have a chance? Here’s MNN legal analyst Charlie Langton.

Google has added another site to its testing of self-driving vehicles. As we hear from Auto-Beat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.

A type of heart arrhythmia that can increase your risk of stroke and heart failure, may have an affect on other parts of your body, too. Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has details.

It’s been almost three-years since 25-year-old Jessica Heeringa disappeared from the gas station where she worked in west Michigan’s Norton Shores. Tonight, the TV-show “Disappeared” will profile her case on the Investigation Discovery Channel. Jon Gale is the police chief of Norton Shores. Gale says Heeringa’s purse and vehicle were …

With the possibility of a contested Republican national convention this summer, the Michigan Republican party chose its 59 delegates to represent Michigan at its state convention over the weekend. Delegates will be committed to their candidate–Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, or John Kasich–for the first vote at the national convention, but if …

While average U.S. gas prices have gone up about eight cents over the past few weeks, prices have dropped about nine cents in the past week in Michigan. AAA Michigan says the average statewide price for a gallon of gas is about $1.98, about 36 cents less that this time last …

This is test-week across Michigan. Many fifth and eighth graders will begin taking the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, or M-STEP, starting today. Other students in elementary and middle schools will be taking tests over the next month or so. Administrators say the testing won’t take as long as …

Detroit is the star of the latest Pure Michigan campaign… Vice President of Travel Michigan, Dave Lorenz, says the 60-second and 30-second ads are all focused on highlighting the city’s resurgence. Lorenz says you won’t see the usual Detroit landmarks in the ads, they’ll explore a different side of the …