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The Copper Country Recycling Initiative has three opportunities for recyclers to volunteer and have some fun. Email cekstrom3@gmail.com if you are interested. Thursday, March 16, 2017 UP STEM Science Fair at the MUB at MTU Time: 4:30pm – 7:30pm Buffet supper included We need a few volunteers to help us for …

With the potential threat of chronic wasting disease spreading to the Upper Peninsula from across the Wisconsin border, or by other means, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, hunter groups and others are working cooperatively to try to protect the region’s deer population and valuable hunting tradition. Chronic wasting disease …

A popular restaurant in downtown Houghton is currently closed for remodeling after passing a health inspection. The Library Restaurant and Brew Pub says they have voluntarily closed for improvements following an inspection by the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. The inspection was in response to reports of a possible flu …

Renovations are set to begin at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility. Today’s groundbreaking ceremony marks the beginning of the $8.5 million project. Work includes extensive remodeling of the basement, ground floor and first floor, with additional remodeling on the second and third floors, plus upgrades to the food service …

State Representative Joe Bellino has introduced legislation which would require retired state legislators to pay more of their own health care costs. The Republican from Monroe says the bill is part of a broader effort aimed at containing costs in public employee retirement systems, which are straining government budgets across …

As the state’s unemployment rate hovers just above five-percent, Bruce Weaver with the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget says the number of payroll jobs in Michigan has increased six-consecutive years. In 2016, jobs in the state rose by 82,000 — 1.9-percent increase. On top of that, Michigan’s unemployment …

Abolishing Daylight Saving Time–as people head to work an hour earlier this Monday, State Representative Peter Lucido is calling for elimination of Michigan’s twice-yearly time shifts. The Macomb County Republican says ending the time change would help make Michigan residents more productive while being beneficial and safer for students.

Volkswagen pled guilty to cheating the U.S. government by using software to skirt emission rules on hundreds of thousands of vehicles. AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert with details.

State officials are meeting today in Lansing to discuss the controversial Enbridge Line 5, the pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. Advocates plan to show up early to the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting to urge Governor Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette to decommission the line. Officials are …

Supporters of a Great Lakes cleanup program are taking their case to Congress. Preliminary budget figures suggest the Trump administration may try to cut nearly all its funding and that contradicts the Trump campaign’s pledge last fall to support the program. The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition represents nearly 150 …