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A state Senator is calling for the Michigan attorney general to investigate a recent spike in gas prices. Mechanical issues at the BP Whiting, Indiana refinery are being blamed for an 80 cent jump in gas prices in parts of Michigan. State Senator John Proos wants the state attorney general …

The Michigan Tech Volleyball team has been picked to finish fifth in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Division this fall. The coaches’ poll released this morning has Ferris State nosing out Grand Valley State for the top spot. Saginaw Valley State was picked to finish third – one vote …

Michigan Tech will be helping to monitor conditions in the Straits of Mackinac in an area where pipelines lay under the water. The University’s Great Lakes Research Center will provide real-time monitoring of the water conditions for Enbridge Energy Partners. The center will add another monitoring buoy into the Upper …

The weeklong celebration of National Health Center Week continues today with a health fair in Lake Linden. The public is invited to come enjoy festivities at the Lake Linden Family Health Center parking lot from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. There will be vendors there with local produce and crafts along with …

Small breweries could get some help if a bill to cut their taxes becomes law. The bill was co-sponsored by Senator Gary Peters and would cut the tax rate per barrel of beer from breweries that produce less than six million barrels of beer annually. Peters says it makes sense …

For all these years that mountain bikers have been chasing deer–one is still yet to be caught. The 11th Annual Great Deer Chase is taking place this weekend on the Swedetown Trails in Calumet, The Saturday event includes a 15 and a 30 mile cross country race along with 3 …

If you have driven down Sheldon Avenue in downtown Houghton in the past week, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the caution signs in the middle of the road. Those delineator signs were once again a topic at the city council’s regular meeting and so far the consensus is that those signs are doing …

The state is offering Michigan consumers some tips when buying meat from door-to-door salesman. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development wants consumers to be cautious about door-to-door meat sales. Department spokeswoman, Jennifer Holton, says door-to-door sales can provide an opportunity for some bad actors, so it’s important to …

Someone caught making methamphetamine within 100 feet of a school or library could face extra fines and jail time under a bill introduced in the Michigan House. State Representative Ed McBroom drafted the bill after a meth lab was recently discovered near an elementary school in the Upper Peninsula. He …

Three local charities are receiving contributions from a photo contest for the new Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital expansion. Pigs-N-Heat, Glitter in Gold and No Kid Without a Christmas each received $200 from contest entrants whose photos were selected as the top three. The top three photographers – Jeremy Rowe and Amanda …