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The final major piece of Finlandia’s rebranding effort is now up and running. Starting in the Spring of 2014, the University began a complete overhaul of their imagery, including a new logo and now a new website. Finlandia Director of Marketing & Communications Michael Babcock said, “Finlandia needed to make …

Michigan voters may have a constitutional amendment to vote on come November. The state House has approved a proposal for the ballot which would require law enforcement to get a search warrant for electronic data. State Representative Jim Runestad of White Lake says the bill passed 107-to-1.

The newest President and CEO of AAA Michigan is looking to the future for his and other organizations. As autonomous cars become reality, Joe Richardson says the auto-club will continue to push the limits on leading driver and passenger safety initiatives. The Philadelphia-native says AAA Michigan has 8,100 employees and …

Drivers could travel 75-miles per hour on stretches of Michigan’s rural highways under legislation narrowly approved in the state House. Here’s state Representative Brad Jacobsen of Lake Orion. Jacobsen says “our roads were designed for 75-miles per hour, and that’s the speed people feel safe traveling.”

The Michigan House has voted and passed six bills that would restructure the Detroit Public Schools and help pay off the $617 million of debt. However, Democrats who voted against the legislation said the package does nothing to address central problems at the school district. The package now goes back …

LAURIUM – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium is the recipient of five national Excellence in Healthcare Awards from industry leading research-marketing firm, Professional Research Consultants (PRC). Aspirus earned the awards for quality and patient satisfaction. The awards are based on patients’ perception of care, and were presented to Aspirus leaders …

State Representative Scott Dianda is asking the Michigan legislature to restore the state’s unemployment benefits to 26 weeks. Unemployment benefits were reduced to 20 weeks in 2011. Dianda said the extension would help workers who are trying to get back on their feet and find a job to let them …

Calumet, Michigan—Two Faith Lutheran Church Scholarships were presented Sunday, May 22 at Senior Recognition Day at the Faith Lutheran Church in Calumet. Daniel Dyl received a $1,560 scholarship and Arthur Lyons received a $1,900 scholarship. Daniel, a graduate of Calumet High School, will be attending the University of Northwestern Ohio …

“On Duty” Bill Schuette – that’s the way Michigan’s Attorney General says to say it, if you want to remember his name. On Wednesday, Schuette enjoyed a tour of duty through the Upper Peninsula with stops in Iron Mountain and Sault Ste. Marie. He then spent the afternoon at the …

From Michigan Tech’s Marketing & Communications Department: A decades-long process came to a close last Thursday when Governor Snyder signed Senate Bill 343, a bill to cap the exposure of seven universities to liabilities of a state retirement plan. The retirement plan, known as the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement …