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The proposed natural gas electric plants to be built in Baraga and Marquette Counties will be up for discussion at a public hearing in Lansing next month. Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation will meet with the Michigan Public Service Commission as part of the approval process to build the plants. …

A Keweenaw County man is facing two counts of delivery of marijuana. Detectives from UPSET West served a search and arrest warrant at a residence in Ahmeek on Monday. During the search, marijuana, packaging, and a scale were recovered, along with $2,000 in cash. 52-year-old Eric Eugene Pushee was arrested …

The second suspect arrested in a crackdown of a local drug trafficking ring has been arraigned. 24-year-old Shawn Maurice Bell of Hancock is facing three counts of Delivery/Manufacture of Heroin, all 20 year felonies; and two counts of Delivery/Manufacture of Morphine, seven year felonies. Bell was arrested in Sault St. …

Michigan Tech’s annual Graduate Student Research Colloquium sponsored by the Graduate Student Government will take place Wednesday and Thursday, February 15-16 in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Forty-nine graduate students will give oral and poster presentations about their research. Thirty faculty members and postdoctoral fellows have volunteered to serve as judges. …

The buildings that make up Calumet’s historic downtown district are magnificent, but no one argues that it will take a monumental effort to restore some of the more dilapidated ones to any useful purpose. A grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority could be the start of that effort. …

Comedian & actress Chelsea Handler is joining forces with Congressman Dan Kildee, of Flint to protect funding for Planned Parenthood. Kildee says they’re starting a petition “Stand with Chelsea and Dan”. For anyone who’s interested in the petition, go to www.dankildee.com.

The latest EPIC-MRA polling results are not very positive for Governor Rick Snyder. Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick with the results.

New research from the Consumer Federation of America shows that safe drivers who are in accidents caused by others often see an increase in auto insurance rate hikes. Consumer Advocate Doug Heller says State Farm never penalized a customer if the accident was not their fault, however… The CFA called …

It’s Valentine’s Day, a day for love, but being in love can be expensive. The average person will spend $140 on the day Jill Gonzalez, analyst with personal finance web-site Wallet Hub, says some people are finding ways to cut costs. Gonzalez says 46 percent of couples don’t plant to …

Car makers today will ask Congress for help in speeding up the testing and deployment of self driving vehicles. Autobeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.