The case against a pair of drug suspects in Houghton County is moving forward. Police say 35-year-old Corrie Ruth of Flint and 43-year old Damon Belcher of Detroit were found with over $10,000 in heroin and cocaine along with approximately $2000 in cash. They were arrested by UPSET detectives last …

Police in the western U.P. have located and arrested a man they say pointed a firearm at another person. On December 2nd, police received a call at 1:00 p.m. from a caller who said another driver was driving recklessly and he had pointed a weapon at them. The caller was …

A U.S. Senate committee has approved a measure that supporters say will authorize current oil pipeline regulations and improve safety and oversight. U.S. Senate Democrat Gary Peters of Michigan, the sponsor, says the measure improves oil spill response plans to address ice cover, and requires critical reviews of pipeline age …

A Michigan House committee has cleared a series of Senate bills that would offer tax breaks to a Nevada-based company to open a data center in West Michigan. The measures would also extend the same incentives to data centers already in the state. However a sought after Personal Property Tax …

Michigan’s prison inmates would have more time to petition the courts for DNA testing in their cases, under a bill headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. The measure would repeal the sunset date on post-conviction testing of DNA, which is currently set to expire at the beginning of …

The Michigan legislature is moving quickly to approve a bill extending a fee on businesses who offer healthcare to their employees. The money collected from the Health Insurance Claims Assessment helps pay for Medicaid. Rich Studley, CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, opposes the measure. He calls it a …

Governor Rick Snyder says Donald Trump’s recent comments about Muslims were inappropriate. Trump, the leading GOP presidential candidate, recently told a crowd in South Carolina he was calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S. But Snyder, a fellow Republican, isn’t on board with the real-estate …

A bill to reinstate the law banning sex offenders from being near schools cleared the state Senate Wednesday. In April, a federal judge struck down Michigan’s law prohibiting registered sex offenders from being within 1,000 feet of a school. The judge ruled the law was unconstitutionally vague. Senator Rick Jones, …

Legislation making cyber revenge, also known as revenge porn, a crime cleared the Senate Wednesday. Under the bills, a person who posts illicit photos or videos of someone without permission, would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 93 days in jail and/or a $500 fine. Someone guilty …

The Michigan House has approved a pair of bills changing the way you’ll vote in 2016. One bill would eliminate straight-ticket voting, meaning you couldn’t check a box for Democrat or Republican and be done with it. A second bill would allow people to vote absentee without giving a reason. …