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HOUGHTON—Upper Peninsula Power Co. customers can recycle their old refrigerators, freezers and more Saturday at the HEET Energy Show—and get paid for their trouble. Efficiency UNITED is accepting working freezers, refrigerators, room air conditioners and dehumidifiers (sorry, no stoves or electronics) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Dee Stadium. …

The Department of Natural Resources and several partners released more than 6,300 juvenile lake sturgeon into various public waters across Michigan this summer and fall in an effort to rehabilitate this culturally significant fish species. The table below shows which agencies stocked fish, how many fish were stocked, and the …

The Calumet High School Media Production class is being listed among the top programs in the nation. At the CLK Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Sean Jacques, Mike Roland and members of the class were congratulated for being named an “Elite” school for the 2015-16 school year by the National …

The case of a business owner arrested on marijuana charges continues in Baraga County District Court. 55-year old Dan Grandy of L’Anse was scheduled for a preliminary exam Tuesday. That exam was adjourned, and it will continue in two weeks. Grandy is charged with three counts of delivery or manufacture …

The papers of the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian have been given to the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library. The papers were presented to the library by Kevorkian’s niece, Ava Janus. The controversial pathologist from Pontiac, who died in 2011, was best known for his advocacy of physician-assisted suicide. Known …

State lawmakers are considering legislation to mandate school expulsion for students that make death threats to teachers. Under the bill, students in grade six or above could be permanently expelled for making verbal death threats against a teacher. Former Grand Rapids area teacher, Diane Jelki, is supporting the legislation. She …

Talks between the governor and the four legislative leaders on how to fund road repairs in the state hit a snag Tuesday. Governor Rick Snyder says while talks had been going well he and the four tops have reached an impasse. The sticking point, according to Snyder, is what the …

Michigan is a signature away from becoming the latest state to ban powdered alcohol after the Michigan House passed a bill banning the sale of it Tuesday. The measure already passed the Senate. Lawmakers in favor of the ban say the product is being marketed to kids and looks like …

A Michigan House committee has passed a series of bills cracking down on people who make methamphetamine. One of the bills would increase the fines and jail time for someone who is caught making meth near a school or library. A second set of legislation would cut someone a break …

Attempting to get someone to buy certain allergy and cold medicines for the purpose of making methamphetamine would be a misdemeanor, under bills that cleared the full Senate Tuesday. A common ingredient in these medicines is ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, both key ingredients in making meth. It’s currently a felony to …