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People in Michigan must be feeling lucky as they’ve bought over two million Powerball tickets — on Monday alone. That equates to over 175,000 tickets being sold an hour. As of 6 p.m. Monday 2.1 million tickets had been sold in the state, according to the Michigan Lottery. Wednesday’s Powerball …

HOUGHTON—The Houghton Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is challenging all Houghton County homeowners to tighten up their houses for 2016. This month’s project: caulk your windows, doors and floor trim. “If your New Year’s resolutions involve saving money or energy or both, the HEET Winterization Challenge will get you there,” said …

Curling is thought to have been invented in medieval Scotland around the year 1541. Women’s and Men’s curling were added as official Olympic Sports in the 1998 games and a mixed doubles event will be added to the 2018 Winter Olympics. At the Copper Country Curling Club‘s recent Open House, …

Michigan’s school system ranks below the national average in a 2016 education ranking. Education Week’s annual Quality Counts report graded states based on chance of success, K-12 achievement and school finance. After averaging those three scores Michigan earned a C-minus grade scoring 71.8 out of 100. The national average is …

A Flint Democrat wants Michigan’s governor to forgive Flint Public Schools’ $5.5 million in debt, State Representative Sheldon Neeley says that money could then be spent on educating kids who may wind up with developmental disabilities from drinking water contaminated with lead. He says there’s no way to know how …

This past year was a good year for the Mackinac Bridge. Traffic during each of the last 13 months was better than the same month in the previous year. A month by month increase is unusual, even in a good year, according to Bob Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mackinac …

Construction has begun on Mackinaw City’s first gambling casino. The casino is classified as Class 2, which does not allow blackjack, craps or roulette. The Mackinaw City Village Council rejected a proposal for a Class 3 license. Class 2 licenses do allow bingo, pull-tabs, and similar games. The casino will …

The United States Coast Guard has issued a warning for everyone to be careful when walking on any ice that may be covering Lake Superior, the St. Mary’s River and northern Lake Michigan and Huron and other bodies of water. The Coast Guard says the winter storm has dropped several …

The Michigan Legislature returns to session on Wednesday, with issues like energy policy and the financially-strapped Detroit Public School system on their agenda. A proposal from the governor to put up more than $700 million to address the debt in the school district has seen significant criticism. Reforming energy policy …

Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is on the lips of just about everyone Monday, it seems. Because no one won in Saturday’s drawing, the jackpot is now worth at least $1.3 billion dollars. That’s just about twice the size of the largest jackpot win for any lottery game in history. The size …