More information is known concerning Republican State Representative Peter Pettalia, who was killed Monday evening in a motorcycle accident. According to Michigan State Police, Pettalia was killed after a pickup truck pulled in front of his motorcycle on M-33 and he ran into it. MSP says Pettalia was wearing a …
Read More »Clinton’s Lead Over Trump Shrinks
The latest polling data is out on the race for president in Michigan. Hillary Clinton is hanging onto a lead but that lead has been reduced by 50%. Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick sifts the numbers for us.
Read More »Household Incomes Increase For First Time In Eight Years
The median house-hold income has jumped $2,800 to $56,500. Business editor Murray Feldman says the it’s the first positive jump in eight years. Feldman says even with the spike we are still one point six percent below where we were before the recession hit in 2007.
Read More »State School Board Expected To Vote On LGBT Guidelines
The state board of education is expected to vote today on guidelines for schools to create a comfortable environment for LGBT students. Part of those recommendations will include recommending that schools let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms with the gender they identify with. It’s generated a lot of …
Read More »EPA Taps Michigan Tech For New Region 5 Environmental Finance Center
Michigan Tech is known for both its engineering and environmental know-how and its resources. Add to that the School of Business and Economics, the Great Lakes Research Center and a campus-wide commitment to multidisciplinary work, and you have just what the US Environmental Protection Agency is looking for. The EPA …
Read More »More Events Surrounding Parade of Nations
Parade of Nations week continues with events leading up to Saturday’s annual parade and Multicultural Festival. On Wednesday, the Keweenaw Roller Girls will host a free Open Skate for all ages at the Houghton County Arena in Hancock. The event runs from 6:30pm to 7:30pm and participants must bring their own …
Read More »Donated Bikes Destroyed By Vandal
Authorities are looking for those responsible for vandalizing a group of donated bicycles in Hubbell over the weekend. Local resident Fran Monville says he has carried on the work at Ernie’s Service Station of restoring the bicycles so someone else could enjoy them. So it’s a mystery why someone would …
Read More »Breakthrough Treatment May Help Local Woman With MS
A relatively new treatment may offer hope for those living with multiple sclerosis. 59-year-old Laura Erkkila of Tamarack Location is one of those individuals. Laura has been suffering from MS for over 20 years. She has been confined to a wheelchair for the last 12. But that may no longer …
Read More »Schools Report Over 4,400 Concussions
An average of six student athletes at every high school suffered a concussion during the last school year. For the first time, the Michigan High School Athletic Association ordered every high school to report concussions in it’s athletes. The results–over 4,400 reported concussions, says spokesman John Johnson.
Read More »Underpaid Workers Protest In Lansing
As part of a National Day of Action, hundreds of low-wage workers gathered in Lansing to express the fact that over 64 million workers in America are underpaid. That’s health care worker Manilla Freeman. The march was to highlight what they call the moral imperative for racial and economic justice, …
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