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Donald Trump remains one of the X factors in the battle for control of the Michigan House. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick has a close up look.

Just five days until the election. What’s the action plan for the Donald Trump campaign in Michigan? Here’s Michigan Trump Campaign co-chair Lena Epstein. Meantime, Senator Bernie Sanders campaigned for democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Michigan yesterday, while Clinton will hold a rally in Detroit tomorrow.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says new technology is responsible for record high fuel economy of 2015 model-year vehicles. Overall, fuel economy increased 0.5 mile per gallon to an average of 24.8 miles per gallon. Mazda had the highest average of 29.6 mpg. Fiat Chrysler had the lowest, at 20.8 …

Michigan weighs in at number 17 on a new ranking of the fattest states in the U.S. The WalletHub rankings are based on percentage of people who are overweight, sugary beverage consumption, and other data. Mississippi topped the list, followed by Louisiana and Arkansas. The fittest states were Utah, Colorado, …

A cooperative seed collection effort in Ontonagon County will produce trees to be grown at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the western Upper Peninsula –Michigan’s largest state park. Recently, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Ontonagon Area School agriculture class and White Pine Electric volunteers gathered on a beautiful …

The Portage Lake District Library invites everyone who loves to write to explore their creative talents at a series of writing “sit ins” designed to encourage creativity, education and the power of the imagination. Known as the largest writing event in the world, the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) “Come …

Authorities have located the body of a missing downstate woman in Alger County. Sarah Krebs with the Michigan State Police says the body of Malvika Deshmukh was found Saturday. Krebs said Deshmukh’s body was located near her vehicle, which police found near the North Country Trail off Rock River Road. …

With only some minor elements remaining, the Quincy Streetscape project is complete. Motorists began driving the full length of the US-41 trunkline through downtown Hancock last week, but city officials and representatives from MDOT got together Tuesday to perform an official ribbon cutting ceremony outside of city hall. The project …

The Pure Michigan ad campaign has been touted as wildly successful in promoting Michigan Tourism. Now a study from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy claims – maybe not. That’s study researcher Michael LaFaive. Michelle Grinnell with Travel Michigan denies those claims. $261 million has been spent on tourism promotion …

October car and truck sales trending down about six percent from a very strong October of 2015. Stronger truck sales helped GM to a better than expected showing, only down two percent. Fiat Chrysler however was off 10 percent. While the industry has peaked, edmonds.com analyst Jessica Caldwell says that …