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Local government leaders generally praised the operation of their road commission and only a small minority would want them dissolved. That’s according to a poll of more than 1,800 local government officials by the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. 67 percent of those surveyed were …

The demand for energy in Michigan is projected to increase across the board this year. The Michigan Public Service Commission says that’s assuming a return to normal summer weather and reflecting continued price advantages in the natural gas and petroleum markets. Michigan’s total electric sales for 2015 are projected to …

State lawmakers are gone for the summer, for the most part, but that doesn’t mean they’re not working on a road funding solution. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof says he will be visiting other legislators to discuss a road plan and expects they will have something in July. The legislature …

One man has been charged in connection with a two-vehicle crash in Calumet in May. 27-year-old Ayoub Al-Hamdan is accused of driving at speeds in excess of 80 mile per hour before colliding with a pickup truck and rolling over on US-41. Al-Hamdan is charged with reckless driving which is …

Green Bay Police are reporting that the Subaru believed to have been stolen in connection to Saatio’s escape was found near West Mason Street and I-41 on Saturday night. UPDATE — 6:15 p.m. June 20th, 2015 (EDT) The Green Bay Police Department says that John Saatio was spotted at a …

BridgeFeast organizers report that there has been some confusion about the live entertainment schedule for this year’s event. Here is the updated schedule they provided us at 10:00 this morning: FRIDAY EVENING 6:00pm-7:30pm – Uncle Floyd – Rock Classics Marty’s Goldenaires and Blue Notes after the parade 7:30pm – 9:00pm …

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters today announced $64,629 for the Marquette Fire Department. This grant, which comes through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, will be used to purchase 12 self-contained breathing apparatuses. “Our firefighters put their lives on the …

Kirtland’s warbler census monitors recovery of Michigan’s rare songbird The Kirtland’s warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler family. The only places on Earth it currently nests are mainly in Michigan’s northern Lower and Upper peninsulas, and a few locations in Wisconsin and the province of Ontario. …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed two new state-record fish for black buffalo and white perch. This marks the second and third state-record fish caught in 2015. The state record for black buffalo was broken by a fish caught by Sage Colegrove of Muskegon on the Grand River …

Since the discovery in May of a free-ranging deer infected with chronic wasting disease in Ingham County, Michigan, the state’s Department of Natural Resources has been hard at work sampling deer from the immediate area for additional signs of the disease and putting into effect emergency precautions to prevent as …