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Three weeks of giving up something you crave can help keep a kid from an addiction for a lifetime. Crave 21 is a national initiative to bring awareness to a program that encourages youth to avoid things like alcohol, nicotine and drugs until they are at least age 21. That …

No Michigan city was in the top 20 in a new analysis of cities whose residents have the best personal finance habits. That is, they pay their bills on time, and maintain a budget. The analysis from Wallethub.com does however place two Michigan cities in the bottom 20 of the …

Presidential candidates are descending on Michigan in advance of next week’s Michigan Presidential Primary. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is in East Lansing Wednesday night. He’ll speak at the Breslin Center on MSU’s campus. Republican Donald Trump will campaign in Cadillac on Friday. Ohio Governor John Kasich, also a Republican, …

Ingham County health officials say the recent illness that sickened 375 people at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University was a norovirus. The people had fallen ill after visiting the Kellogg Center during the third week of February. People had complained of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after attending events …

Only one in five Americans trust an autonomous vehicle to drive itself, according to a AAA survey. And three out of four U.S. drivers report feeling afraid to ride in a self-driving car. But that doesn’t mean Americans are shying away from high tech cars. Seventy-five percent say they’re more …

Employees would have the option to walk back Michigan’s controversial right to work law under legislation introduced in the Michigan House. State Representative Robert Kosowski, a Democrat, is sponsoring the bills and says employees could unionize – including requiring dues be paid – if 75 percent of employees vote to …

Former state lawmakers Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat made their first appearance in court Tuesday to face felony charges stemming from an investigation into the cover-up of their sex scandal. Courser was arraigned in Ingham County District court on one count of perjury and three counts of misconduct while Cindy …

Legislation to prohibit lawmakers who are kicked out of office from running again in a special election is slated for a hearing Wednesday in the Michigan House. State Representative Lisa Posthumus-Lyons introduced the bill Tuesday. She first hinted at the measure after former State Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat …

A second round of water tap tests in Flint show nine-percent of homes exceed the federally safe limit for lead. Results from 423 of the nearly 600 sentinel sites in Flint show that more than 91-percent of samples are at or below 15 parts per billion, which is the federal …

The Houghton-Portage Township Schools will host a Community Forum in the high school library to outline the infrastructure upgrades and technologies to be included in the May bond referendum on Wednesday, March 2. The program kicks off with a presentation at 6:30pm featuring school and community leaders. The event is …