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The contract for the new Ishpeming Public Schools Superintendent is approved. At a brief special meeting Monday night, the Board of Education approved the contract for outgoing L’Anse Area Schools Superintendent Carrie Meyer to take over the position. No questions or concerns were raised. The Ishpeming Board of Education were …

A new study of state ethics and transparency laws and safeguards, shows Michigan tied for dead last. The Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity study say Michigan is last because of a weak public records law, and an absence of laws requiring personal financial disclosures by top elected and …

Most Michigan voters don’t think licensed gun owners should be allowed to open carry in gun free zones. The poll by Lansing-based Epic-MRA found 69-percent oppose the open carry of a pistol in a school, college, university, daycare or early childhood center. All are gun free areas under Michigan law. …

Most Michigan voters don’t think licensed gun owners should be allowed to open carry in gun free zones. The poll by Lansing-based Epic-MRA found 69-percent oppose the open carry of a pistol in a school, college, university, daycare or early childhood center. All are gun free areas under Michigan law. …

The gales of November will be remembered Tuesday on this the 40th anniversary of the last major shipwreck on the Great Lakes. It was November 10, 1975 that the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a Lake Superior storm, with the loss of its crew of 29. The ship was fully-loaded …

Despite a recent meeting in Lansing between Escanaba city leaders and the Michigan Department of Corrections there is still no resolution to what city leaders say is MDOC dumping prisoners, who aren’t from the area, into their community. Escanaba City Manager Jim O’Toole says the placement of parolees in communities …

House Democrats are backing legislation to reform Michigan campaign contribution laws. The campaign finance reform bill package would require more transparency from super PACs, lower contribution limits, require monthly campaign finance reports and that all late filing fees be paid by the candidate, not through committee funds. Democratic State Representative …

The investigation continues into a two vehicle crash in Houghton that happened Friday. The Houghton Police Department responded to the crash shortly before 4pm at the intersection of Razorback Drive and Memorial Road. A 1999 Toyota Forerunner driven by a 73-year old Hancock woman was heading west across Memorial Road …

The investigation continues into a two vehicle crash in Houghton that happened Friday. The Houghton Police Department responded to the crash shortly before 4pm at the intersection of Razorback Drive and Memorial Road. A 1999 Toyota Forerunner driven by a 73-year old Hancock woman was heading west across Memorial Road …

UPDATE: Officials from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post say the victim in the fatal accident the occurred on Sunday, Nov. 8, in Osceola Township was 48-year-old Dianne McCollum of Calumet. Police say she suffered a fatal medical event that caused her to veer off the road and strike a …