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The Houghton community has been asking for a local skatepark for years. Finally it’s gained enough interest to hold an informal meeting and start making a plan. Local skaters, families, business owners, and city officials recently gatherered to discuss ideas. One Upper Peninsula planning commission member said this community is …

Cliffs Natural Resources says that they have reached an agreement with The United Steelworkers union to extend the current collective bargaining agreement another 30 days. The current contract between the two parties was set to expire Oct. 1. The contract covers over 1,000 members of USW Local 4950 & 4974. …

(FILE PHOTO) The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is expected to arrest a man the agency says shot a mother black bear who had her cubs in tow. M-Live reports the man, in his mid-20’s, has a permit to hunt bear and was hunting legally however it’s illegal to shoot …

Residents at the location of the Enbridge oil spill in Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties five years ago are not expected to experience long-term harm to their health from breathing chemicals that were released into the air. That’s the conclusion of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. At the …

An attorney for the University of Michigan has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Michigan Supreme Court. Joan Larsen, who will officially be a justice Thursday, has never been a judge before. She fills Mary Beth Kelly’s seat on the high court after she announced her resignation in …

The governor and the four legislative leaders met again Wednesday to try and hash out a compromise to fund road repairs in Michigan. The meeting between Rick Snyder and the four tops was the second time they met this week. They all got together last week too and plan to …

A bill to make it easier for those who inherit a handgun to sell it is headed to the state House. Under current law, a person in Michigan must be licensed to possess a pistol, but bill sponsor, state Senator Mike Shirkey says there’s some ambiguity when it concerns getting …

Michigan’s Main Street Fairness Act takes effect Thursday meaning some big online retailers will have to begin collecting state sales tax. The act requires sales websites like Amazon, which have facilities in Michigan, to begin collecting the state’s 6% sales tax. Tom Scott of the Michigan Retailers Association, which supported the …

Michigan Tech’s Career Fair is a huge draw for companies and students alike. A record 370 companies participated in the fall event Tuesday with thousands of students hoping to land the one chance of a lifetime. But the companies are also competing with each other to land the best up …

Upper Peninsula, Mich. – Long-sought public access to Victoria Lake and the Ontonagon River has been secured in a 245-acre addition to the Ottawa National Forest, The Trust for Public Land and U.S. Forest Service announced today. The three-mile long lake protects water quality in the West Branch of the …