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Snowfall totals in northern Michigan are well below normal heading into February. While some parts of northern Michigan, like Traverse City and Petoskey, are fairly close to the amount of snow they should see by this time of year others are not. For instance, Sault Ste. Marie is nearly 40 …

One of the state lawmakers behind a massive package of juvenile justice reform bills says the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday should give the legislation some momentum. The high court ruled that sentencing a juvenile to a mandatory life sentence is unconstitutional and anyone sentenced to life prison as a …

A former prosecutor and a former FBI chief have been tapped to head up the attorney general’s investigation into the Flint water crisis. Todd Flood, a former assistant prosecutor in Wayne County, will serve as special counsel on the probe into the high lead levels in the city’s water and …

Attorney General Bill Schuette says his office is looking into what it can do to help Flint residents still paying water bills for water they can’t use. Flint continues to combat high lead levels in its drinking water, a problem since the city switch its water source while under state …

International students at Michigan Tech are learning how to ski and snowboard. Some of these students haven’t experience Winter before this year. International Ski Day has been held annually at Mont Ripley since 2007. Bob Wenc of Tech’s International Programs and Services says the event draws about 120 students to …

Traffic is running smoothly again across the Mackinac Bridge. Officials had to close the bridge for several hours on Saturday due to falling ice. Warmer temperatures and increased sun had loosened ice that formed on the bridge’s towers and cables, causing some of it to fall on the driving lanes …

A Hancock man is dead after a fatal snowmobile accident Saturday morning in Adams Township. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened around 3:00am on Trail No. 3 between South Range and Atlantic Mine. Officials say 50-year old Matthew Ray Heikkinen lost control of his snowmobile and struck …

26-year-old Nicholas Edwards of Hancock was sentenced in Houghton County Circuit Court Friday after entering a plea agreement in December. Edwards pled guilty to a 10 year felony counterfeiting charge and a 5-year attempted counterfeiting charge. The plea agreement stipulates that his sentences would run concurrently and he would not …

You may experience a delay this week trying to cross the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. The Michigan Department of Transportation says there will be intermittent nighttime closures of the bridge through Friday. MDOT will be testing new bridge components which require a series of lifts. Motorists should expect delays of …

A pair of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials have been suspended in the wake of the Flint water crisis. The two, who have not been named, were involved in Flint water testing. Governor Rick Snyder, in a statement, says there were some actions within the DEQ that lacked what …