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Curbside recycling is closer to becoming a reality in Houghton. At the regular meeting of the city council Wednesday, several residents voiced their support for city to provide the service as it considers bids to replace the expiring trash pickup contract. One group of Michigan Tech students presented a petition …

Calumet, MI –  April 27, 2016– The Calumet High School Drama Club has been awarded a grant of $2380 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA).  The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 559 applications to compete for …

Two amendments proposed by State Representative Scott Dianda will not be included in the House omnibus budget bill. The Calumet Democrat wanted the Michigan Department of Transportation to sell airplanes in their fleet and to prohibit legislators from having their offices in the same building as a lobbying firm. Both …

It looks like Prince didn’t leave a Will to sort out his millions between his surviving 6 siblings. There are reports Prince didn’t trust attorneys and refused to sign any legal documents, whatever the reason Laura Bonnell tells us – it’s not a good idea to leave your heirs up …

Governor Rick Snyder is in the midst of a week-long trade trip to Europe. Speaking from Zurich, Snyder says he’s hoping to bring jobs and investment money to Michigan–while getting more Michigan-made goods exported overseas. And, so far–the Flint water crisis is NOT hampering those efforts. Italy, the Netherlands, and …

Ford recalling about 285 thousand vehicles for five different issues. AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert says owners will get recall notices in the mail

The apparent loss of 30 million dollars in the Detroit school system may cost the governor some votes on his DPS reform plan — and one of those lost votes might belong to a Macomb County lawmaker. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick explains.

President Barack Obama will visit Flint next week after an eight-year-old girl e-mailed him about the water crisis. Mari Copeny wrote that she is one of the children affected by the water and she’s been doing her best to march in protest and to speak out for all the kids …

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is urging its commercial customers to be aware of scammers posing as representatives of another utility who may call and threaten service disconnection for allegedly being past due on accounts unless a call is made to a certain number in order to provide …

Suicide–it’s no longer a problem that can be addressed in whispers. Nine of the Upper Peninsula’s 15 counties rank in the top half of suicide rates in the state. Michigan has 83 counties.  That’s quite an unbalanced representation. Ontonagon County currently has the highest rate in Michigan with the top …