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Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) issued the following statement: The Michigan Public Service Commission has corrected some facts in a recent press release regarding UPPCO rates. The new MPSC press release includes information correctly noting that residential customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month will see an increase …

Authorities continue to look for three people who never returned from a fishing trip Saturday afternoon on Lake Superior. Troopers with the Michigan State Police Calumet Post say 61-year-old Keith Karvonen of Atlantic Mine launched his boat from the Portage Entry near Chassell early Saturday afternoon. Two passengers were aboard. When they …

General Motors is asking for a one year delay in its recall of about a million pickups and SUV’s with Takata airbag inflators. AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert says the government will decide on GM’s delay request by November.

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump continues his courting of the minority vote, but could it back fire? Here’s Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.  

The Michigan House will likely vote this week to place the state at the forefront of the autonomous car industry. With a preview, here’s Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.

Despite increased awareness, the number of kids injured or killed in crashes is actually increasing here in Michigan. Here’s the story from Brian Larsen.  

A new poll released this morning shows parents are okay with their kids learning about sex, drugs and drinking, but a majority also want their children to be taught about emotional and mental health issues. The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital national poll shows despite wanting their children …

UPDATE–The Canadian Coast Guard is providing assistance to the U.S. Coast Guard, Michigan State Police, Michigan DNR, along with local sheriff and fire departments in the effort to find three missing boaters. Authorities are looking near the town of Gay to the Keweenaw Bay, down to Baraga and even as …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has reopened the boating access site at Parent Lake in Baraga County. The access site had been closed since Monday, Sept. 12 for improvements. DNR staff replaced the concrete ramp, resurfaced the parking lot and reinstalled a courtesy pier. Parent Lake is situated just …

The Secretary of State’s Mobile Office will be making a stop in Houghton on Monday. The Mobile Office will visit the campus of Michigan Tech to offer voter registration and other services to students, staff and area residents. Tech is one of three U.P. universities the mobile office is visiting …