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Lottery fever hitting Michigan again this week. Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is up to $422 million. If a person in Michigan wins, it would be the largest Powerball jackpot won in the state. The largest lottery prize won in Michigan to date is a $337 million Powerball jackpot won by Donald …

They are considered as two of the most likely GOP candidates to run for governor in 2018, and Attorney General Bill Schuette and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley have raised plenty of money through the first half of 2016. Donations to Schuete top the $600,000 mark, while Calley has more than $450,000 …

Plans for this year’s Parade of Nations are rolling right along. The headline act this year is Breaksk8, a professional jam-skating team that likes to push the limits of what can be done with wheels under your shoes. They have toured the world and appeared in films. Breaksk8 will skate …

The Copper Country has its share of ghost towns, and a documentary film tells the story of just one of them. A screening of the film “Winona: A Copper Country Ghost Town” will take place this Saturday at 7pm at the Elm River Township School in Winona. The Copper Range …

A pair of Veteran Town Halls are being held next month in the Copper Country, and should provide a great forum to get questions answered and to voice concerns. The events will be held on August 16th at the National Guard Readiness Center in Calumet at 1pm and at the …

Exceptional young women from throughout the country are on the campus of Michigan Tech this week to take part in two challenging scholarship programs. Tech’s Summer Youth Program continues with Junior Women in Engineering and the inaugural Women in Automotive Engineering programs. In Women in Automotive Engineering, High School girls …

LANSING, Mich. – The administrative law judge presiding over the case at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that is examining costs to keep the Presque Isle Power Plant (PIPP) in Marquette running today issued a proposal for decision (PFD) that agrees with Michigan that the owner of the PIPP …

Researchers at the University of Michigan have figured out the molecular protein that the Zika Virus makes that allows it to reproduce and to hide from an infected person’s immune system. Researcher Janet Smith. Researchers say this new finding may provide ways to diagnose and treat the Zika virus.

Michigan is well represented at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Clinton delegate Pamela Pugh, who is also the Treasurer for the State Board of Education, believes Hillary Clinton is good for education. Pugh believes this week’s message will be the opposite of what was seen in Cleveland last week. …

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is being mentioned as possibly being named the next chair of the Democratic Party. That after Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned over leaked emails suggesting the party favored Hillary Clinton in the primaries. Michigan U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow has heard the rumors. Stabenow says she …