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Walking is the greenest way to travel and the City of Houghton is grabbing some attention for being a great city to step into. The website, SaveOnEnergy.com, listed Houghton at number four for walking in medium sized cities in the country. Survey results were pulled from the U.S. Census over …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners held their monthly meeting Tuesday. The board approved the county’s state-required Deficit Elimination Plans, as well as ballot language for Renewal and Allocations of the Operating Millage. The board also discussed bids for the county jail renovation, which came in slightly higher than anticipated. …

A new study by AAA shows a link between an increase in fatal traffic crashes and the legalization of marijuana. Spokesman Matt Nasworthy says the study showed that the fatalities doubled in Washington state after voters legalized marijuana. One in six of the drivers involved had marijuana in their blood.

Some Flint residents have taken exception to President Barack Obama’s visit to Flint last week and the fact that he drank the water, claiming that it’s safe. Shawndrika Simmons represents AFSCME workers in Flint. Simmons says there is still water distribution by volunteers, even though she says the state has …

Should Michigan students be allowed to use bathrooms or locker rooms based on their gender identity? That’s one of the questions being considered by the State Board of Education as it considers new guidelines to support LGBT students. Testifying at a public hearing was Dewitt Schools Counselor Theresa Severy.

Even though electric vehicle sales haven’t been great, GM says it remains committed to the technology. Here’s AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.

Volkswagen reportedly has a fix for some of its dirty diesel vehicles. AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert says Volkswagen is facing a June 21st deadline.

It’s a big discovery from NASA. The Space Agency says that the Kepler Space Telescope has detected nearly 1,300 new planets. Astronomer Mike Narlock at Cranbrook Institute of Science says that brings to 3,200 the number of planets discovered, making it exponentially more probable that there is other life in …

Michigan’s infrastructure was the focus of a joint committee of state lawmakers in Lansing that’s probing the Flint water crisis. Mike Nystrom, from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, says people expect good public safety and transportation services–as well as public health services— Nystrom says the state is underinvesting in …

Do you know the symptoms of adult asthma? A new national survey finds most people don’t. Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites looks at what we’re missing.