Gas prices across Michigan are down for the third consecutive week, falling by at least ten-cents per gallon from last week, according to AAA Michigan. The latest Auto Club survey shows the current statewide average for self-serve unleaded fuel is $2.62 per gallon. That’s ten cents less than last week’s …

The first steps in creating a plan to manage the wolf population on Isle Royale begins in earnest this week with a series of public hearings. Nine wolves lived on the island two years ago, now only three do. Park Superintendent Phyllis Green says, so far, they’ve been letting nature …

A new medical use has been found for marijuana — healing broken bones. And a spokesman for a group trying decriminalize pot use in Michigan says he’s not surprised by the finding. The study, published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, found a compound in marijuana helps heal …

The scene is 1868 and Fort Wilkins in the northernmost tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula is home to an army garrison in the post civil war era, At least that’s the feeling you get when Battery D. First Michigan Light Artillery takes to the courtyard to recreate army life as …

UPDATE–Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post say 55-year-old Clare Rabitoy of Hancock, who was the driver of the car that collided with a semi truck on Thursday, is conscious and in stable condition at U.P. Health System Marquette. 48-year-old Richard Vannurden of Royalton, MN, who was the driver of …

The Ontonagon Sheriff’s Office arrested a 32-year old Ontonagon man for misuse of 911 calls and Resisting and Obstructing an Officer. The man is currently lodged at the jail. No other information was released.

After what board members described as a fantastic first year, Northern Michigan University’s President Fritz Erickson’s contract has been extended. Initially, Erickson was only under contract for the preceding and upcoming school year, but another two years have been added to the contract. At the NMU Board of Trustees July …

The Department of Natural Resources today announced the final totals from its spring fish-stocking efforts. DNR fisheries staff stocked a total of 20,099,988 fish that weighed more than 325 tons and consisted of nine different species and one hybrid. To complete this task, staff took more than 370 stocking trips …

Fourteen Michigan Department of Natural Resources employees, who are trained as firefighters, currently are helping to contain wildfires in Alaska and Manitoba. Three four-man crews have been dispatched to Manitoba to assist with its ongoing wildfire suppression efforts. Manitoba is a partner in the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact, which also …

With the constant advances in technology, it’s hard for anyone to keep up with it. Students from the Computer Science Department at Michigan Tech have been helping people free of charge learn how to use computers and other technological devices. Online at the Library—Help for Beginning Computer Users is held …