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Vietnam Veterans are now welcome to apply for the Upper Peninsula Honor Flight. That means all veterans from 1941 thru May 1975 are now eligible to apply. Anyone who served in war time or peace time during that period is eligible to fly to Washington D.C. with the U.P. Honor …

Though the firearms deer hunting season ended last Wednesday, deer hunting is now open for muzzleloaders and archery hunters. Archery season began again on December 1st and runs through New Years Day. Muzzleloader season started Friday and is open until December 11th in Zones 1 and 2 and December 18th …

As it has each year since the country became independent 99 years ago, Finlandia University will celebrate Finland’s Independence Day with a program of music and theater at the Finnish American Heritage Center. The Finnish Indepedence Celebration will be held tomorrow evening at 6:00pm. The program will feature a short …

Highland Copper Company and Copper Range Company have agreed to extend the period to complete the acquisition of the White Pine project to February 28th. The final closing of the acquisition is subject to releasing Copper Range from certain environmental obligations associated with the remediation and closure plan of the …

A federal judge has ordered Michigan to begin a presidential election recount at noon Monday. Jason Scott reports.

Wall Street futures slipped Sunday on word Italian Premier Matteo Renzi will resign after yesterday’s defeat of constitutional reforms he backed. Because of that, some analysts feel a two-to-four percent drop in the financial markets is on the way. Here’s Business Editor Murray Feldman. Over the past few weeks markets …

The nation’s jobless rate fell to 4.6 percent in November–that’s a nine-year low. But coupled with weak pay increases in 2016, it suggests longer-term challenges for the U.S. economy. Employers added 178,000 jobs last month. Business editor Murray Feldman explains where the jobs are right now. Feldman says this all points …

The Department of Natural resources is bringing wildlife into classrooms across Michigan, with Elk University. The free program offers lessons via YouTube, activities with each lesson, and education on Michigan history, forest management and elk biology. Katie Keen with the DNR says teachers have until January 30th to register online. …

The Environmental Protection Administration is standing behind plans to increase fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. This is part of a mandated review of those standards, and a move applauded by Shannon Baker-Branstetter of Consumers Union. Car-makers have been seeking to have the standards eased, saying …

A report to be released this morning looks at how much it will cost to repair the state’s aging infrastructure. The Governor’s commission thinks the long term price tag to fix the infrastructure could run anywhere between $5 and $10 billion. The question is where to get that much money. Some of …