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Holiday Gas Prices to Hover Around $2

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 …

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Detroit Mayor Willing To Take Syrian Refugees

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 …

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Youth Advisory Council Students Help Winterize Calumet Home

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 …

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Tech QuizBowl Team Wins National Competition

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 …

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Aspirus Keweenaw Receives 2 National Awards

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 …

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Kivela Charged Under State's "Super Drunk" Law

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 …

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Michigan Moves up Forbes Best States for Business Rankings

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 …

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