As gas prices rise in Michigan, the state’s attorney general is warning gas stations not to take advantage of consumers. Attorney General Bill Schuette is reminding gas stations his office is keeping an eye out for any price gouging or price fixing. State law forbids retailers from excessively increasing the …

A state lawmaker is calling for the public censure of Representative Todd Courser for skipping a committee meeting while he tried to cover up his affair with fellow House Republican Cindy Gamrat. In secretly recorded audio of Courser, released earlier this month, an aide can be heard telling the representative …

The lawyer representing State Representative Cindy Gamrat is weighing in on claims made by one of her former staffers about her relationship with fellow House Republican Todd Courser. Former aide, Josh Cline, told reporters Monday he often witnessed long, affectionate hugs between the lawmakers and said the two would often …

A former staffer of State Representative Todd Courser describes his old boss as a power-hungry Jekyll and Hyde. Josh Cline, speaking at his attorney’s office in Royal Oak, says Courser set an agenda that pushed press pops more than bill passage and that Courser and Representative Cindy Gamrat were getting …

Michigan State Police have issued an amber alert for a missing three old boy from Alpena. Keegan Waterman is black, weighs 55 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Police think he’s with his mother, Christina, and that she’s trying to take him to Tennessee. She may be driving …

Lawmakers in the Michigan House, fresh from a weeks-long summer break, expect to jump back in to the road funding debate as soon as today. State Representative Pete Lucido says the Republican legislative leaders have agreed to a compromise funding plan that includes a gas tax increase, a diesel tax …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with Senator Gary Peters. In the second segment, Rick is joined by Barb Outen and Kathleen Mell from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department and Heather Dunne from the Copper Country United Way. Brought to you by the Copper Country Education Association, …

A Stanton Township man is dead after a weekend swim with his granddaughter. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department says they received a call about a man drowning in Lake Superior near Stanton Shores Road in Stanton Township just after 11:00am Saturday. They were met by Stanton Township first responders at …

Michigan Tech is ranked among the top schools in the country for producing successful students in environmental careers. The rankings were released by College Factual, a website member of USA Today’s College Partner Network. College Factual lists four undergraduate degrees in three areas within the field of natural resources and …

The park in Hancock has bared the name Laurn-Grove since it was built in 1947. Now it has a plaque to tell you why. A dedication ceremony was held Friday to unveil a memorial to U.S. Naval Reserve Watertender First Class Alvin E. Laurn and Merchant Marine Wiper Robert C. …