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July 11, 2016 — Motorists should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as thousands of Adopt-A-Highway volunteers head back to state roadways to pick up litter. Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) program will clean highway roadsides from July 16 to 24 during the second of three scheduled …

Authorities in Iron County are searching for a missing boater. Deputies from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office say a 911 call was received Saturday shortly after 3:30 p.m. to report a boating incident on Hagerman Lake in Stambaugh Township. The caller stated that a boat without a driver had crashed …

July 11, 2016 – Last year, more than 90 percent of teachers across the country used their own money to pay for school supplies to assist their students. To ensure local students and teachers have the supplies they need this school year, Shopko and the Salvation Army are partnering once …

Michigan Technological University President Glenn Mroz announced that Janet Hayden, the University’s director of risk management, has been named executive director for risk management and compliance oversight. The appointment was effective July 1. The new role will primarily focus on two important areas—risk management and compliance oversight. In risk management, …

A Calumet man will remain in jail after being sentenced in Houghton County Circuit Court. 33-year-old Patrick Shea pled guilty to Fleeing and Eluding after leading police on a high speed chase on March 31st. Police were investigating a possible breaking and entering on Bootjack Road in Torch Lake Township …

A Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll finds four out of five parents of children 9 to 12 years old say they’re confident their child would know what to do in an emergency if they were home alone. But that confidence drops when it comes to finding a gun in the …

Childhood obesity is on the rise and parents may be contributing to those extra calories according to a University of Michigan study. Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites explains.

Type 2 diabetes is a growing threat around the world, with one in 10 people either having the disease or predicted to develop it during their lifetime. In a new study, researchers were able to identify a number of genes directly linked to its development. University of Michigan researcher Mike …

The state is asking the courts to toss out the lawsuit seeking to place the legalization of marijuana on the November ballot. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.

Governor Rick Snyder is confident he will win the legal battle with the old Detroit school board which seeks to block the governor’s plan to revamp the Detroit Public Schools. Lansing bureau chief Tim Skubick with more.