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With the winter months behind us, people are looking for fun and innovative ways to get active without it feeling like a chore. That’s exactly what cardio drumming has to offer. The class is being offered at the Aspirus Fitness center in Laurium. The instructor, Laura Hamlett, says it’s a …

A L’Anse man is currently missing. The Michigan State Police Calumet Post says 33-year old Joseph Edward Waisanen was last seen about 10:30 Sunday morning on Baraga Avenue in L’Anse. Waisanen is described as 6’6″ tall, 240 pounds with short red hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing …

Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in February, according to state officials. They attribute the decline to strong job growth during the first two months of this year. And it’s also below the national unemployment rate. Michigan’s jobless rate hasn’t been this low in 15 years. The Michigan rate …

A day after a governor appointed task force released a scathing report on the emergency manager law and its role in causing the Flint water crisis, Governor Rick Snyder is still not willing to condemn the law. The report claims the EM law contributed to the high lead levels in …

Legislation introduced in the Michigan House would require Lutheran Social Services and Catholic Social Services to file a report with the state on the number of refugees coming in to Michigan, where they are going and how much it will cost the state and the communities where they’re headed. State …

The state legislature Thursday passed a $48.7 million plan to help keep Detroit Public Schools open for the rest of the school year. First the Senate, then the House moved the bills designed to keep DPS from running out of money before a restructuring plan is in place. Under the …

Democrats in Lansing want a $134 million taxpayer funded project to provide new offices for members of the Michigan Senate halted. They say the project is not only not needed, the Democrats charge that developer and winning bidder Ron Boji owed taxes to the state. A spokesperson for Boji reportedly …

Governor Rick Snyder’s approval rating continues to plummet in the wake of the Flint water crisis. A poll by Lansing-based Epic-MRA shows 69 percent of Michigan voters give Snyder a negative job approval rating and when asked how he’s handling the problem with high lead levels in Flint’s drinking water, …

Lawmakers in the Michigan House, on their last session day before adjourning for spring break, cleared a pair of bills to ban coerced abortions in the state. State Representative Amanda Price, R-Holland, sponsored one of the two bills and says a woman should never be forced to or talked in …

The waters in and around Torch Lake are improving but there are still many concerns that need to be addressed. That was the message at a public meeting Wednesday hosted by the Houghton-Keweenaw Conservation District. Torch Lake Watershed Project Manager Meral Jackson says the community needs to take a role …