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Tornadoes are exceedingly rare in the Upper Peninsula, but one came close yesterday. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Marquette County just before 3:00pm. A waterspout appeared over Lake Superior and reports said it had the possibility of moving onshore. Eyewitness reports said the waterspout dissipated before …

Tentative contracts have been reached between the state of Michigan and unions for nearly 33,000 state employees. According to the Lansing State Journal, the new deals would give employees pay raises and freeze their health care costs and benefits, if ratified. The one-year agreements with the Michigan Corrections Organization, the …

Arab and social service groups have announced a new effort to help bring refugees to Michigan from the war-torn country of Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. Michigan United, the Michigan Immigrants’ Rights Center and the Arab Community Center for Economic and social Services say casualties continue to mount from ground …

A bill designed to help in the battle against chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Michigan’s deer herd passed the Senate Thursday. State Senator Rick Jones is the sponsor of a measure that eliminates a sunset on the Natural Resources Commission’s authority to continue bans on deer and elk baiting. He …

A bill to help speed up the process of reporting child abuse passed the state Senate Thursday. The measure would require the state implement an online system for the reporting of child abuse and neglect. Senator Judy Emmons is the main sponsor. She says mandated reporters like doctors, teachers and …

Armed with a new poll, Michigan nurses and advocates brought their support for a law setting minimum staffing levels to the steps of the State Capitol on Thursday. The poll of 600 residents conducted for the Michigan Nurses Association in early September found that 80 percent of respondents favor such …

Lawmakers in the Michigan House have narrowly approved a plan to set reading benchmarks for third graders in the state and mandate they be held back a grade if they aren’t reading at grade level by the time they reach the fourth grade. The bill was changed on the House …

There has been another sighting of a cougar in the Upper Peninsula. That brings the number of sightings in the U.P. since 2008, to 31. The most recent report was in mid-September in Dickinson County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. (FILE PHOTO) They say there is no …

Folks in the South are going to have a wet winter. But you can expect drier conditions in the Great Lakes. Federal forecasters announced one of the strongest El Niños on record will bring rain and cooler temperatures to southern states. Most of the western and northern states will be …

A 71-year old hiker from Illinois who had been missing since Saturday, has been found alive and safe in the Upper Peninsula. John Niesman, a regular visitor to the U-P, became lost in an area near Imp Lake in Gogebic County. The sheriff’s office announced Thursday that they had located …