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While the Houghton County Prosecutor decides what to do with the person accused of posting a threat on social media aimed at black students at Michigan Tech, students there are shifting their focus to improving race relations on campus. Grad student Christina Welch says since the threat, racial comments aimed …

Organizers of a ban on fracking, a method of cracking rocks to extract natural gas, have failed to collect enough signatures to get on the November 2016 ballot. It’s the third time the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan has tried to get the question on a ballot – failing …

The Michigan attorney general’s office is warning people to be careful when making charitable donations this holiday season. The AG’s office has teamed up with charitable organizations to offer tips to Michigan donors to help ensure their financial gifts will do the most good and to avoid charity fraud. Andrea …

Opponents of the governor’s decision to pause the settling of new Syrian immigrants into the state have delivered more than 4,500 signatures condemning the plan. Supporters have said the pause is needed until Homeland Security finishes a review of its vetting process for immigrants, to ensure terrorists don’t come to …

The U.S. economy is expected to grow at its highest rate in a decade, according to economists at the University of Michigan. Gabriel Ehrlich, a U of M economist, says the nation’s overall economic output growth will rise 2.4 percent in 2016 and 2.9 percent in 2017. He says the …

Microbeads would be banned from hygiene products by the end of 2019 under federal legislation advancing in the U.S. House. The measure, co-sponsored by Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, passed a House committee this week. The tiny beads, which are meant to go down the drain of your sink, …

A manufacturing company in Ahmeek has a long road ahead of them. And that’s good news because they produce a fiber reinforced polymer rebar used in the construction of roads. Neuvokas Corporation developed a specialized process for producing GATORBAR, a product that costs no more to produce than traditional steel …

The Copper County Intermediate School District will be hiring a Literacy Coach to meet new requirements being set by the state. At their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, the Board held a lengthy discussion concerning the Michigan Department of Education Early Literacy funding that is available to all ISD’s in …

Upgrades, Grants and a cemetery were the topics at Wednesday night’s Hancock City Council Meeting. The council approved an application to a MSHDA grant that would provide much needed rehab to apartments at 101 Quincy Street. A recent MSHDA grant saw improvements to 9 apartments attached to other historic downtown …

Aspirus is among the first in the country to implement a new heart stent technology that promotes faster healing and promises fewer complications. Doctors are now treating patients at Aspirus Heart & Vascular at Aspirus Wausau Hospital with a newly approved SYNERGY Coronary Stent, a highly anticipated new technology to treat …