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The debate in the Michigan House over how parents should be required get an immunization waiver for their kids will stretch in to 2016. During the waning days of the 2015 legislative session a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to reverse a rule requiring parents to sign the waiver, in-person, …

Michigan can continue to offer its expanded Medicaid program, Healthy Michigan, after the feds approved a waiver allowing the program to continue. 600,000 low-income residents are enrolled in the plan. Governor Rick Snyder it’s come a long way, in a short amount of time, to help people get healthier and …

26-year-old Nicholas Edwards entered into a plea agreement in a counterfeiting case against him. The Hancock resident pled guilty to a 10 year felony counterfeiting charge and a 5-year attempted counterfeiting charge. Edwards testified that he had printed up several $20 bills from the internet and then tried to exchange …

27-year-old Benjamin Reilly stood mute to all seven charges read against him Houghton County Circuit Court. The most serious charge against the Hancock man is Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of his infant son, whom police say he gave an alcoholic beverage to and then placed in an unsafe sleeping …

A Hancock man is headed to prison for felony Domestic Violence. 41-year-old Jeremy Looper was sentenced in Houghton County Circuit Court Wednesday to two to seven and a half years in prison. Looper had pled “No Contest” to the charge as part of a plea agreement. The original charges of …

The December meeting of Hancock’s City Council started off with a presentation of City Life Saving Awards to three heroes on the Hancock Police Department. Sgt. Ohtonen, Lt. Hiltunen and Chief Butler received the awards for a call that required the team to care for a resident in critical condition …

The inaugural Keweenaw Business Ball will provide meals for local people in need. On December 9th the party was hosted at Continental Fire Company by The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, Keweenaw Young Professionals (KYP), Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) and the Finnish American Chamber of Commerce. Keweenaw Young Professionals President Amanda McConnon says …

There is no longer a vacant seat on the Houghton City Council. The council voted in long time Houghton resident John Sullivan, Sullivan fills the vacancy left by former Councilman Gernot Joachim and will serve the remainder of the term until the election next November. The council also made a …

Legislation to ease regulations on small copper mining operations passed the state Senate Tuesday. Bill sponsor Senator Tom Casperson says the bill creates separate rules for smaller native copper mining operations. Opponents say the measure should include provisions allowing for more local input and for geochemical tests at potential mine …

The straight ticket voting checkbox would be absent from the Michigan ballot, under a bill that cleared the legislature Wednesday night. The legislation passed mostly along party-lines in both the House and Senate. Majority Republicans backed the measure saying it would allow the voting public to fully engage in the …