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Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials said a recent $1.25 million capital outlay allocation has helped boost to nearly $3 million the total amount of funding available to design and construct master plan concepts at F.J. McLain State Park. Work was initially planned to begin this spring, but has been …

LANSING —State Rep. Scott Dianda (D-Calumet) will hold a listening town hall and coffee hours in House District 110 to give residents a chance to ask questions and share their concerns with him. “The good people of HD 110 hear me talking about what is going on in Lansing, and …

A papa owl that received a lot of media attention after it was shot and rehabbed two years ago is back at the Chocolay Raptor Center. On Friday, the center received a call that an owl was down on the ground across the street from St. Peter’s Cathedral in Marquette. …

Give Drugs the Boot has been moved to Saturday, April 22 at 12 p.m. near Finlandia Hall on the campus of Finlandia University. The event, which is hosted by Calumet High School’s S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Chapter, was originally scheduled for Saturday, April 1. “Due to the huge increase …

An effort is underway to help victims of devastating wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. Some two million acres of land have been burned resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of cattle and other livestock and the lives of six people who died trying to save them, …

Everyday? Every other day? Once a week? How often should you wash your hair? Dr. Deanna Lites has some expert advice.

Bills to exempt tampons and sanitary napkins from sales tax passed the state Senate Finance Committee last week. Erin Vermeulen explains there is still another hurdle.

Following the Trump administration’s proposed budget, which would cut funding to Great Lakes restoration, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow in a new video is urging people in Michigan to ‘stand up for the Great Lakes.’ The Michigan Democrat wants residents to visit her website, www.stabenow.senate.gov, and tell their favorite Great Lakes memory …

March is expected to see the first monthly vehicle sales increase of the year. Here’s Auto Beat Reporter Jeff Gilbert with a look ahead.

Gas prices have dropped about seven cents over the past week in Michigan. The current statewide average for a gallon of gas is about $2.29 a gallon, seven cents tless han last week and about 32 cents more than this time last year, according to AAA Michigan.