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High school students would be required to know how to perform CPR before they could graduate under legislation awaiting hearings in Michigan House and Senate committees. Tyler Menhart, a junior at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, learned CPR while in the Boy Scouts and used it to save his …

  The Michigan House has given the go-ahead to a bill that clears up a new state law that restricts what local governments, schools and libraries can say about ballot issues. The current law, which a federal judge recently put on hold because it was vague, prohibits using taxpayer dollars …

  The Michigan House has given the go-ahead to a bill that clears up a new state law that restricts what local governments, schools and libraries can say about ballot issues. The current law, which a federal judge recently put on hold because it was vague, prohibits using taxpayer dollars …

Private landowners interested in helping maintain or improve Upper Peninsula deer wintering habitat can learn more about the subject, and cost-share programs available to aid in those efforts, at a March 3 meeting the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled in Gogebic County. The session will be from 6-8 …

A Calumet man is headed to prison for breaking into a business and stealing a car. 37-year-old Isaac Laplander was sentenced Monday in Houghton County Circuit Court to two to ten years for Breaking and Entering with Intent, and for two to five years for Unlawful Driving Away of a …

A Calumet man is headed to prison for breaking into a business and stealing a car. 37-year-old Isaac Laplander was sentenced Monday in Houghton County Circuit Court to two to ten years for Breaking and Entering with Intent, and for two to five years for Unlawful Driving Away of a …

Winter in the Copper Country means skiing and snowboarding for most, but Mont Ripley’s new tubing park adds an option that’s both thrilling and skill-free. The park features 500 feet of groomed tubing runs. The 4 lanes allow tubers to race down the hill at speeds averaging an estimated 30 …

Winter in the Copper Country means skiing and snowboarding for most, but Mont Ripley’s new tubing park adds an option that’s both thrilling and skill-free. The park features 500 feet of groomed tubing runs. The 4 lanes allow tubers to race down the hill at speeds averaging an estimated 30 …

For the past 20 years the DNR in Michigan has collected frog and toad surveys to track the population and is currently looking for volunteers to help with this year’s survey in the spring. Deputy Public Information Officer for the DNR John Pepin says, “What it is, is each spring …

Average retail gasoline prices in Michigan have risen 16 cents per gallon in the past week. The statewide average was $1.71 Sunday, according to both GasBuddy.com and AAA. This compares with the national average that has increased 1.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.71 per gallon. Michigan prices …