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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) installed two nest boxes – one each on the north and south bridge towers – in spring 2012 and a pair of peregrine falcons showed up the next spring. After raising four chicks on the south tower last year, the pair produced three offspring …

Middle-school science teachers from across Michigan are back in school themselves this week at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and Michigan Technological University, working on a new and better way to teach middle-school science. They are participating in the Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform …

Nineteen people have lost their jobs at the Verso Paper Mill in Escanaba. Company spokeswoman Jackie Pride says the layoffs all came in salaried positions because there was a need to better align the number of people to the needs of the business. She says the laid off employees were …

New legislation would require prison kitchens serviced by private food vendor, Aramark, be inspected by the county or state. Bill sponsor, Representative John Kivela, says routine inspections are required at other food service establishments in Michigan and his measure would mandate the same for prison kitchens. He says it would …

Police in the eastern Upper Peninsula have arrested seventeen people in connection with multiple drug investigations. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team took 16 people into custody on felony drug charges and one other person on a charge of harboring a fugitive. Five of the suspects were charged as habitual offenders. …

The International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie is switching to LED lighting. Bridge officials say the LED bulbs are 20-percent more effective in lighting the roadway, and will save at least $75,000 over the life of the fixtures. Both the U-S and Canadian bridge arches will be getting the change …

Three-quarters of Michigan children in licensed day care attend a center with vaccination rates below federal guidelines. That’s according to an analysis of state data by MLive. Of the approximately 159,000 children in a licensed day care with at least five children, the MLive analysis shows 119,000 are in centers …

Republicans in the Michigan Senate aren’t the only ones working on a road funding solution – Democrats are too. House Speaker Tim Greimel says his caucus is piecing together a road funding plan of its own. Democrats could unveil their road funding plan in a week or two. Republicans in …

UPDATE — 8:00 a.m. June 24, 2015 (EDT) Deputies from the Delta County Sheriff’s Office say that 33-year-old Brian Olsen has turned himself in.   — A Delta County man is in more trouble with the law after he failed to appear in court for his sentencing. 33–year–old Brian Olsen …

A 13-year-old boy is injured after being hit by a car while on his bicycle in Laurium. Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post were called out to the accident around 7:20pm Tuesday evening. The accident occurred at the intersection of South Calumet Street and South Hecla Street. Police say …