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Upper Michigan winters are severe, so preparedness, awareness and common sense are always important when facing winter hazards. In an effort to raise awareness about the potential dangers of the upcoming winter season, Governor Rick Snyder has declared this to be Winter Hazards Awareness Week in Michigan. Matt Zika with …

The unofficial results of Saturday’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Primary Election are in. The top four candidates in the Baraga District were Incumbent Warren “Chris” Swartz, Jr. along with Fred Dakota, Sue Ellen Elmblad and Thomas E. Chosa, Jr. Incumbent Don Messer, Jr. finished sixth in the voting. In the …

As we prepare to turn our clocks back an hour Sunday for Daylight Saving Time, there are two efforts in Lansing to end the twice yearly ritual of springing forward or falling back. State Representative Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, was first out of the gate introducing a bill in March …

Legislation increasing the fines and penalties for killing certain animals in Michigan is awaiting the governor’s signature. The three bill package cleared both the Michigan House and Senate this week. State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons says forcing poachers to pay hefty fines for killing animals they shouldn’t is a good …

The number one problem facing Michigan is filing job positions with skilled workers, according to Stephanie Comai, director of the newly formed Michigan Talent Investment Agency. She told those attending the Upper Peninsula Talent Summit Thursday in Marquette an aging workforce is leaving gaps that are not being filled by …

A group trying to repeal the state’s prevailing wage law is scrapping the roughly 390,000 signatures it’s collected and starting over. The group, Protecting Michigan Taxpayers, says there were too many duplicate signatures on its first petition drive, which cost $1.5 million. It will not be using the same signature-collecting …

A drunken argument in the West Michigan town of Whitehall early Sunday morning ended when a man was hit with a mounted sailfish. Police say the 58-year old woman got angry at her 61-year old boyfriend and hit him over the head with the fish and poked him with the …

The dreaded Asian Carp is inching closer to Lake Michigan. A committee made up federal and state agencies monitoring the invasive fish found two small carp 12 miles closer to the lake, putting Asian Carp 66 miles closer to Lake Michigan than it was earlier in the year. However the …

Two disgraced former legislators, one who recently resigned under pressure and the other expelled for wrongdoing, try for comebacks on Tuesday. Todd Courser resigned after admitting he misused state resources to hide an affair with former legislator Cindy Gamrat, who made the same admission. She was expelled. Gamrat is running …

Police say a 14-year-old girl, who was hit by two cars and dragged almost two miles down the road, near Ann Arbor is lucky to be alive. The girl was out trick-or-treating Saturday night. Police say she was in the center lane, trying to cross a road, when she was …