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The Superior Health Foundation is helping a local hospice care home to provide a much appreciated service. The foundation awarded over $6,000 to the Omega House in Houghton for their Caring Hands program. The program provides professional therapeutic massages to the terminally ill residents, and if time allows, to family …

[Hancock, MI]  The Portage Health Foundation awarded $5,000 to the Houghton Middle School to assist with the construction costs of a garden and greenhouse on the school’s campus. PHF is committed to helping area students, residents, and visitors lead healthy and meaningful lives.  Through the construction of a greenhouse and …

The wolf population is holding steady. That’s the report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, who recently released the findings of their most recent survey of wolves in the Upper Peninsula. DNR Wildlife Division officials estimate there was a minimum of 618 wolves in the U.P. this winter. Though …

Knowing one of the three former names of MTU gave the Nonesuch Know-It-Alls of Ontonagon the Smackdown Trophy in the 14th edition of the local history event Thursday night at the Calumet Theatre. Ten high school teams started the quiz sponsored by the Keweenaw National Historic Park, fielding questions on …

Downtown Houghton will soon be home to Biggby Coffee and Quality Inn & Suites. Nationally-recognized names–but that doesn’t mean people still don’t get excited when a new family-owned store opens up. Michigan Made specializes in products made in the Great Lakes State, with a noticeable emphasis on wine and beer. …

A student in west Michigan and his friend are pushing for a House bill to require CPR training for all students before they graduate from high school. That’s after Tyler Menhart performed CPR on his friend, Noah Weeda, after he collapsed during a soccer workout. State Representative Thomas Hooker, of …

With Donald Trump declaring himself the presumptive GOP nominee for president, how could that impact GOP efforts to keep control of the Michigan House? Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick has more.

The legal wheels are grinding as two former lawmakers are hoping to put their former boss, the GOP Speaker of the House, on the witness stand. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick sorts it out.

State Representative Ed McBroom of the U.P.’s Dickinson County testified Thursday on a package of bills that would make the governor’s office and the Legislature subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Republican says the bills would expand the current Act by creating a new “Legislative Open Records Act.” …

It’s considered to be a safe way for citizens to dispose of their unwanted and unused prescription drugs. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is scheduled for this Saturday. The Michigan State Police is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration in the one-day ‘take-back’ effort from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 …