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Family Protests Over Leah Harding Search Effort

The search continues for Leah Harding…or does it? The South Range woman was 31-years old when she went missing in April of 2015. Friends and family of Leah gathered outside the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday to bring attention to what they feel is a lack of interest in finding …

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Michiganders Joining In Pipeline Protest

A protest by Native Americans in North Dakota over the Dakota Access oil pipeline, is drawing Native Americans from Michigan. Eric Rodriguez is with the Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, who says they’re protesting the pipeline on ancestral burial grounds and there are concerns about the water supply. Rodriguez says …

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Trump Campaign Lays Out Michigan Strategy

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.

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Fuel Economy At Record High

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 …

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Michigan 17th “Fattest” State

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, …

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Joint Project In Ontonagon County Grows Trees For The Future

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 …

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