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As holiday travelers hit the road to get to those Thanksgiving destinations, they’re seeing some pretty agreeable prices at the pump and can expect about the same on the return trip. Currently gas prices are averaging below $2 a gallon in Michigan, almost 25 cents below last week. Patrick DeHaan …

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he’s comfortable with his city taking in Syrian refugees. Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, several governors, including Michigan’s, called for suspending efforts for settling Syrian refugees in the U.S. pending a review of the vetting process for immigrants, to ensure terrorists don’t come to …

There are many small ways to save big on your energy bills this winter. Students from the Youth Advisory Council spent part of the weekend helping a Calumet resident do just that with some winterization. Habitat for Humanity got the project started by replacing the windows on the home and …

Forestry terminology is no walk in the park. It’s full of taxonomy, long latin names; it deserves its own dictionary. The Society of American Foresters gets this—and requires its student chapter officers to compete in an annual QuizBowl at their meeting. This year, the Michigan Technological University team took first …

LAURIUM, MI – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium is gaining national recognition after receiving two distinguished awards for quality. Aspirus has earned the 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures ® designation from The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. Aspirus also received …

Washington, D.C.:  Rep. Dan Benishek, M.D. (MI-01) announced today the start of the Congressional App Challenge, a contest that will encourage Northern Michigan High School students to develop mobile applications to improve people’s lives.  The rules of this contest can be found through this link. “Science, technology, engineering, and math …

  (HANCOCK) Western Upper Peninsula Health Department’s Reminders for Safe Holiday Meals Food safety is probably not the first thing you think about when planning a holiday dinner. We have so many other things on our to do list, and we are looking forward to a memorable holiday with our …

The Detroit Free Press issued this information: LANSING — A state lawmaker was speeding at 80 miles per hour, swerving in and out of lanes and was confused about where he was coming from when a sheriff’s deputy stopped him just north of Lansing on Nov. 9, according to records …

Michigan’s moved up Forbes’ ranking of best states for business. The Great Lakes State ranks 30th in the annual Best States for Business, up 12 spots from 2013. Forbes website notes that Michigan became a right-to-work state in 2013, repealed its business tax, rolled back taxes on business-owned property and …

The University of Michigan and a pair of national laboratories are joining forces to find out if connected vehicles can be more energy efficient than cars that aren’t talking to each other. Huei Peng, a mechanical engineering professor at the U of M, says the technology allows cars to communicate …