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Michigan Tech will be celebrating Martin Luther King Day will a series of events today. Tech students, faculty, staff and community members will read books about the life and legacy of Dr. King to local school children. Houghton Elementary, Barkell Elemetary in Hancock and TR Davis Elementary in Dollar Bay are …

Roland Burgan of Hancock died Thursday evening at Cypress Manor Nursing Home in Hancock following a short illness. He was 76 years old. Roland’s father was part of the group that started radio station WHDF in Houghton in 1929. WHDF is the present-day WCCY. After his father died, Roland owned …

The Western U.P. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is looking for volunteers for the new Keeping Independent Seniors Safe (KISS) Program. The KISS program is a telephone reassurance program providing FREE phone calls to area seniors who are in need of someone to touch base with them to ensure their …

Michigan has a new state fire marshal. Governor Snyder on Friday named Oakland County risk manager Julie Secontine to the position. She replaces Acting Fire Marshal Mike Deprez. The governor says Secontine brings a wealth of experience and leadership to the position and her involvement with fire safety departments across …

The Sault Locks are now closed for the winter. They officially closed last Friday at midnight. With open water, there will still be movement on the lower Great Lakes but Mark Gill of the U.S. Coast Guard says it will slow down significantly in February. Ice cutting operations began this week …

There are mixed reactions to Attorney General Bill Schuette’s announcement that he’ll investigate the Flint water crisis. The A.G. says he’ll look into the situation and what led up to lead-tainted water in Flint and determine whether any state laws were broken. State Representative Sheldon Neeley, a Flint Democrat, who …

Forty labor, faith, civil rights and community groups in Michigan are calling on President Obama to end what they call a new round of raids targeting Central American families who the groups say are fleeing their home countries as refugees. The groups cite the high murder rates in Central America …

On this Martin Luther King holiday, Wallethub.com has released an analysis shows Michigan no better than 44th in making strides toward more equality and integration. WalletHub’s analysts checked the racial temperature of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The analysis is based on 10 key indicators, ranging from …

Recent higher lottery jackpots are expected to bring in more money to the state School Aid Fund. When the Powerball jackpot reached $1.6 billion lottery ticket sales spiked and those higher sales are expected to boost state revenue, according to state economists. Jay Wortley of the Michigan Department of Treasury …

A measure to clear up a controversial bill that passed the Michigan legislature at the end of the 2015 legislative session is still in the cards in 2016 however it may not go as far as some would like. Local governments say the legislation, which is now law, would place …