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ONTONAGON – The Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Board of Directors and Aspirus Inc. approved construction of an 8,210 sq. ft. expansion and renovation project of the hospital’s emergency department. Engineering and design plans are in the process of being finalized. Project completion is set for March of 2017. The project includes …

HANCOCK, Mich. – UP Health System will begin site preparation activity at its planned new UP Health System Calumet clinic in late February. Initial activity will focus on demolishing a portion of the current structure at the site where the new clinic will be constructed. Construction of the new clinic …

A U.S. Congressional committee took testimony Wednesday on the Flint water crisis. Among those not there to testify was Governor Rick Snyder. Gerald Edward ‘Gerry’ Connolly, Democratic congressman from Virginia, says the committee should demand the governor testify. New Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Keith Creagh was among those …

The state Senate minority leader says he has a plan to begin replacing water pipes in Flint at no additional cost to taxpayers. Senator Jim Ananich, who’s from Flint, says closing a loophole that gives a tax credit to insurance companies would save the state $80 million annually. He says …

Governor Rick Snyder says he’ll call for $30 million in his 2017 budget to help pay water bills in Flint. State Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, who lives in Flint, says the governor’s proposal is a step in the right direction. However, Ananich says the Flint’s mayor’s office told him …

A revamped bill outlining what local governments and schools can communicate to voters about ballot issues leading up to Election Day has cleared a House committee. The measure was changed to give more leeway to what can be said about a ballot initiative. State Representative Lisa Posthumus-Lyons is sponsoring the …

Legislation introduced in the Michigan House Wednesday would open the door for Tesla to sell its electric cars directly to consumers in Michigan. State Representative Aaron Miller is sponsoring the measure and concedes it probably won’t be popular with car dealerships in his district and others across the state. However …

A handful of Republicans in the Michigan House have introduced a package of bills to toss out the state’s concealed carry license. State Representative Jim Runestad, R-White Lake, is the lead sponsor and says if someone doesn’t need a license to open carry then why make them get one to …

One man was taken to the hospital after crashing his snowmobile Tuesday afternoon in Keweenaw County. Deputies from the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office say they were sent to the accident on Trail #130 near Delaware around 2:00 p.m. Fifty-year old Johnathan Schlemmmer of Roscoe, Illinois, was traveling westbound on the …

Michigan Technological University’s world famous Winter Carnival gets into full swing starting with the All-Nighter tonight. This year’s theme, “As Snow Accumulates at Alarming Rates, We Show our Love for the Fifty States,” is used in every phase of Carnival from snow statues to skits, both of which take center stage …