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The counties of Houghton and Keweenaw will continue to share the same prosecuting attorney for the time being. That’s according to Attorney General Bill Schuette–who appointed Houghton County Prosecutor Michael Makinen as Special Prosecutor in March of this year after the license to practice law of then Keweenaw County Prosecutor …

The Michigan Tech Archives are on a mission to put history in the hands of those who lived it. They’re doing this by collecting oral histories from copper mining families. The Archives are a collection of records, photographs and documents of Michigan Tech and the surrounding Copper Country area. It’s …

The official results from Saturday’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community General Election are pending but it appears that both casino proposals have been approved. The first proposal was regarding a new casino development project in Baraga at the current casino site with an estimated cost of $28 million. The second proposal …

A bill to terminate the parental rights of a rapist is headed to the full Senate. Under current law, parental rights can be terminated after a rape conviction, but this legislation would ask for only clear and convincing evidence to terminate parental rights. Supporters of the legislation say rapists should …

Governor Rick Snyder is joining in the push for a new lock to be built at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie. Dave Nyberg, director of the governor’s Northern Michigan office, says building a new 1,000 foot lock is a priority. The Army Corps of Engineers recently received the …

Because of the downturn in energy prices, the oil industry appears to be the leader in the number of layoffs in 2015. That follows years of employment gains in the industry. As of last week, layoffs by U.S. based energy companies hit nearly 94,000 jobs so far this year. John …

A meeting between Escanaba city leaders and the Michigan Department of Corrections has cleared the air over a parolee controversy in the Upper Peninsula community. Police in Escanaba claim the DOC was dumping recently released prisoners there who weren’t from the area. State Representative Ed McBroom, who set up the …

For the second week in a row, gas prices in Michigan have ticked up a bit but remain under $2.00 a gallon. AAA Michigan says the statewide average is up about 7-cents to $1.91 a gallon. While that is an increase from last week it’s still 60-cents cheaper than the …

Legislation intended to help an organ and tissue donation organization recover organs for transplant has been sent to the state House. Senator Curtis Hertel is sponsoring the legislation that would allow the state’s federally designated organ procurement organization, Gift of Life Michigan, to perform organ removals at its new surgical …

An effort to recall Governor Rick Snyder is again before the Board of State Canvassers this week. It’s the fourth attempt for Detroit pastor Angelo Scott Brown to begin a recall petition against the governor. He says the governor should be tossed out of office because of the way Flint’s …