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The Hancock Police Department has been busy. In his quarterly report to the city council, Police Chief Wayne Butler outlined the 2nd quarter numbers with the department answering 621 calls for service–up from 593 the previous quarter. Butler highlighted that they had seen an increase in the number of reports …

Michigan Tech is now a gold-level Veteran-Friendly school. The recognition coming from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency. Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Director James Redford said, “There are seven standards that we measure against and for a university or a college to receive the gold standard, they have to achieve at …

A federal appeals court says NO to the state of Michigan’s request to immediately halt a lower ruling last month that blocked a ban against straight-party voting. The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the state’s motion for a stay. Mark Brewer is a former state Democratic leader and …

2016 has been a summer to remember with much of Michigan experiencing record heat and a drought. So what can we expect this fall and winter? Sandi Duncan, the Managing Editor of the Farmer’s Almanac, says enjoy the warm days while they’re here.

Michigan has sent several firefighters to California to help fight a massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of over 80,000 homes. Fire Supervisor Jim Fisher with the state DNR says the men will face 12 to 14 hour days, with no days off, for two weeks. But they’re prepared. …

Michigan’s unemployment rate has dropped to 4.5 percent, the lowest in 15 years. The jobs report shows most of the job gains in July were in manufacturing, government, professional and business services and education and health services. Job losses were reported in the trade, transportation and utilities industries. Jason Palmer …

They are loggers, truck drivers and furniture makers and they have contributed billions of dollars to the state’s economy. Governor Snyder announced Wednesday Michigan’s forest products industry has reached its goal of contributing $20-billion per year to the economy. The goal was to reach that mark by 2018. Nearly 100,000 …

A new CareerBuilder survey finds that people are doing some outlandish things in hopes of landing that new job. Based on a nationwide survey of hiring managers, unusual tactics employed by job seekers have included: Having a priest contact the company and ask for candidate to be hired Buying a …

The VA Medical Center has a program that allows eligible veterans to continue to receive care even when they are away from the area for extended periods of time. It’s called the Traveling Veterans Program and it’s one of the many programs explained at a series of town halls being …

Curbside Recycling is underway in Houghton and residents are encouraged to participate. But what if you are unsure of what can be recycled? That’s David Hall from the Copper Country Recycling Initiative. Recyclables can be placed in any container as long what’s in it can be seen. It’s best to …