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What a difference a year makes. With the way last year’s winter began, the Houghton County Road Commission was already well on their way to spending $2.1 million in road maintenance. With $1.7 million budgeted for this year, they are already seeing savings of roughly $100,000 this winter. Most of …

Get prepared for more short closings of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge later this month. The Michigan Department of Transportation says there will be intermittent nighttime closures of the bridge January 25th through the 29th. Motorists should expect delays of up to 15 minutes between 7 and 11pm and delays …

An Upper Peninsula man is $1 million dollars richer after matching five numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, only missing the red Powerball that would have given him a share in the $1.6 billion jackpot. The ticket was bought at a Freedom Valu Center in Iron Mountain. Gas station and store …

With Congressman Dan Benishek stepping down, the race for the 1st Congressional District is heating up. Republican Jason Allen announced his candidacy, saying he’ll be a conservative voice for Upper Michigan and has big plans to help grow the economy. In addition, Allen wants to make sure the large population …

Eight new recall petitions against Governor Snyder have been filed with the Secretary of State’s office. Seven of the petitions come from Detroit Pastor Angelo Brown, who has been trying to recall the governor for his handling of the Flint water crisis. All of Brown’s previous attempts failed to get …

Some lawmakers in the Michigan House are doubling down on their opposition to a plan introduced in the Senate Thursday to help get Detroit Public Schools out of debt. All signs point to money being taken out of the School Aid Fund to pay for the governor’s plan to fix …

Flint residents took their beef with the governor and how he’s handled the city’s water crisis to the Capitol Thursday. A hundred or so folks from Flint filled in around the Capitol’s cavernous rotunda, pounded on the railing and chanted: “Governor Snyder’s got to go.” House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel …

Governor Rick Snyder’s administration and state lawmakers will have some extra money to play with thanks to some leftover money from last fiscal year. State economists on Thursday agreed on revenue estimates at their biannual conference. They say combined tax collections for the state’s two main funds are up nearly …

Now that the state government bean counters have settled on how much extra money the state will have left over from the current fiscal year, the governor and legislative leaders have to figure out what to do with it. House Speaker Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant, says some of the additional …

Lansing, MI – Rep. Dan Benishek today endorsed Tom Casperson for U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District. “Today, I am proud to endorse Tom Casperson to represent Michigan’s First Congressional District in Congress,” said Rep. Dan Benishek. “Tom has a proven record of fighting for Northern Michigan families, not only …