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Progress Michigan says a move by the state to cut its contract short with prison food service provider Aramark is good news for prisoners and taxpayers. The liberal advocacy group says Aramark employees have been accused of serving food with maggots to inmates, sneaking drugs to inmates and having sex …

Lawmakers in the Michigan House return to Lansing today to talk road funding. They’ll be mulling over a plan passed by the Senate two weeks ago that includes $700 million in cuts and a 15 cent gas tax increase. The increase could be the biggest hurdle in the House. Numerous …

The Ontonagon’s Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a Personal Injury accident (rollover) on M38 near Calumet Rd. The accident happened Sunday, July 12th around 12:30 p.m. The driver a 16 year old Greenland female was traveling on M-38 when her passenger side tires left the paved roadway and onto the shoulder of …

We now have new Citizens of the Year and a new Strawberry Queen following this weekend’s packed Copper Country Strawberry Festival. The awards went to Dorthey Behrend for Citizen of the Year and Marti Warren for Youth Citizen of the Year. The strawberry auction saw trays of fresh picked strawberries …

As a federal lawsuit commences to pave the way for the building of a road to service traffic to and from the Eagle Mine, the Upper Peninsula’s voice in Washington is expressing his support. County Road 595 has been blocked by a ruling from the EPA. The Marquette County Road …

Michigan motorists are getting a break this week with lower gas prices, based on a new survey from Triple-A Michigan. The Auto Club survey found average weekly gas prices are down ten-cents from a week ago, leaving the current statewide average at about $2.84 per gallon, which is also about …

The number of deer hunters was down in Michigan in 2014, according to a survey by state officials. Officials told the Michigan Natural Resources Commission this week that the state sold seven percent fewer licenses in 2014. Also, there were 12 percent fewer antlered deer and 18 percent fewer antlerless …

Governor Rick Snyder has signed a bill into law which stops funding of the state’s much talked about film incentive program. Critics of the incentives say they’re a waste of taxpayer money and economic benefits of the program have been overstated. Supporters of the incentives disagree, saying a healthy film …

Heroin use has dramatically increased across the U.S. including Michigan. The center for disease Control and Prevention says heroin use increased 63 percent from 2002 through 2013. Tim Scholander with the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team says heroin use is growing in the Upper Peninsula. He says dealers from bigger …

State Representative Brandon Dillon is the new head of Michigan’s Democratic Party. He was elected to the post by the party’s state central and executive committees over the weekend. He’s taking over for Long Johnson who stepped down to run for Congress. Dillon is in his third term in the …