Governor Rick Snyder is calling for a funding plan that would provide $1.2 billion annually for local and state road repairs. The governor and MDOT executive director Kirk Stuedle met for a roundtable discussion Friday, calling attention to Michigan’s crumbling infrastructure. Steudle says they both understand that all of Michigan’s …

The man who was found guilty in a hit-and-run trial resulting in the death of a Big Bay woman will spend one year in jail. 46-year-old Michael Nelson was sentenced Monday in Marquette County Circuit Court. He is ordered to serve nine months in jail immediately. The final three months …

The 2014 Houghton County Fair Season has officially wrapped up with a look at the numbers from this year’s fair. Attendance was estimated at just under 23,500, down about 2% from the year before. The Houghton County Fair Association says the new carnival and midway, provided by Spectrum Entertainment, were …

Officials at Dickinson Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain have instituted visitor restrictions in response to an increasing community wide threat of Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough. The restrictions were put into place late Thursday and will remain in effect until further notice. The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department is evaluating …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is investigating two separate wolf poaching cases in the Upper Peninsula. One occured near the Mackinac-Luce county line close to M-117 southwest of Newberry. The dead wolf was found in Mackinac County’s Lakefield Township November 26. Conservation officers say the wolf had been killed at …

Tonight at the Calumet Theater, the Grand Raffle will be taking place where one person will be going home with a lot of money. The prize money is $34,000 with $20,000 for the first prize winner. Executive Director Laura Miller says each year the raffle continues its success. This year, …

The Michigan legislature has moved one step closer in gathering funds to fix the roads. The Michigan House has passed a road funding plan that phases out the sales tax on gasoline and replaces it with a wholesale tax on gas. The Republican backed plan, that cleared the lower-chamber last …

The House Transportation and Infrstructure Committee has made an amendment to a bill that will dramatically change how road funding in Michigan is distributed. Representative Scott Dianda offered the amendment, which would increase the amount of Michigan Transportation Fund revenues that local governments receive from the state. Dianda’s plan would …

The deadline to submit an application for the Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is today. The council includes approximately 20 members, each residing within the 10 western Upper Peninsula counties. Council members represent a wide variety of natural resource and recreation stakeholder groups and are chosen based on a …

The names have been released of the four men facing drug charges after a number of U.P.S.E.T. investigations in Iron County. 26-year-old Justin Gollakner, 27-year-old Tyler Christensen, 28-year-old Corey Knepp and 23-year-old Dijon Carter are all charged with various delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance charges, including heroin and morphine. Knepp …