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The Portage Health Foundation has teamed up with local area Chambers of Commerce to bring a leadership conference to the Copper Country in September. The Ignite Leadership Conference is scheduled to be held on Friday Sept. 25, 2015 at the Magnusson Franklin Square Inn located in downtown Houghton. Organizers of …

The New Beginnings Angel Mission in Calumet accepts donations of clothes and household items, then offers them free to shoppers who otherwise couldn’t afford them. They are currently doing the same for back to school shoppers with their backpack program. With the new school year coming, store co-director Terry Bazin …

As the new school year quickly approaches, most parents will be making sure their child is up to date with their immunization shots. But others will choose not to. Schools require students be up to date with their immunizations when they first enter school, start 7th grade or change schools. …

A Michigan Tech researcher is using her skills to help with the aftermath of wildfires. About 130,000 acres have been scorched in more than 20 major fires actively burning in California, according to the state’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Earlier this month, about $150,000 of cut timber went …

Small businesses that provide differential pay to military reservists and National Guard members called to serve on active duty would get an extension on a tax credit currently moving through the U.S. Senate. The Senate Finance Committee recently approved a package that included a 2-year extension of a provision in …

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly has decided to step down from the bench effective October 1st. The surprise announcement was made Monday morning. The 54 year old Kelly said in a statement she was grateful for the opportunity to have served on the state’s highest court. Dave Murray, …

As gas prices rise in Michigan, the state’s attorney general is warning gas stations not to take advantage of consumers. Attorney General Bill Schuette is reminding gas stations his office is keeping an eye out for any price gouging or price fixing. State law forbids retailers from excessively increasing the …

A state lawmaker is calling for the public censure of Representative Todd Courser for skipping a committee meeting while he tried to cover up his affair with fellow House Republican Cindy Gamrat. In secretly recorded audio of Courser, released earlier this month, an aide can be heard telling the representative …

The lawyer representing State Representative Cindy Gamrat is weighing in on claims made by one of her former staffers about her relationship with fellow House Republican Todd Courser. Former aide, Josh Cline, told reporters Monday he often witnessed long, affectionate hugs between the lawmakers and said the two would often …

A former staffer of State Representative Todd Courser describes his old boss as a power-hungry Jekyll and Hyde. Josh Cline, speaking at his attorney’s office in Royal Oak, says Courser set an agenda that pushed press pops more than bill passage and that Courser and Representative Cindy Gamrat were getting …