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The Michigan Senate is set to become “Ground Central” for the prevailing wage debate next week. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof says a bill to repeal the state’s prevailing wage act, which requires contractors to pay union wages and benefits to workers on government funded projects, will go before a …

Governor Rick Snyder says he will not run for president in 2016. The governor’s recent travels around the country sparked speculation that Michigan’s “One Tough Nerd” might like to try his hand at the presidency. But Snyder Thursday put the rumors to rest, releasing a statement saying he has no …

Michigan Tech invited dozens of high school students to a biology competition that featured challenges in the field and in the laboratory. The 26th Annual Department of Biological Sciences Bioathlon brought together roughly 60 students from 15 different high schools as they compete for cash prizes using basic biology skills. …

The Houghton County Fair Board will meet tonight at 7:00pm in the SISU Room of the Houghton County Arena. Fair dates for 2015 will be August 27th to the 30th.  Office hours are Wednesdays from noon to 3:00 or by appointment. The deadline to register market swine is May 15th …

As this year’s open-water fishing season gets under way, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that fisheries personnel will be collecting data (about anglers’ fishing trips) at lakes, rivers and Great Lakes ports. DNR creel clerks will be stationed at boat launches and piers, asking anglers questions as they …

Prop 1 may have failed but road maintenance continues in the Copper Country with two additional projects set to get underway. The first involves the resurfacing of M-26 in Houghton and Ontonagon Counties beginning today. The Michigan Department of Transportation will resurface 20.8 miles of M-26 from US-45 north to …

Critical need for blood throughout Upper Peninsula ESCANABA/ HANCOCK/ MARQUETTE/ SAULT STE MARIE –The U.P. Regional Blood Center, a service of UP Health Systems – Marquette, is in critical need O-negative, A-negative and B-negative blood types blood throughout the Upper Peninsula. The need is highest in Escanaba, Hancock, Marquette, and Sault …

Law enforcement officers from police departments, sheriff’s offices and the Michigan State Police in 26 counties made 532 arrests for drunk driving during the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign March 17-April 7. Of those arrested, 78 were charged under the state’s high blood alcohol content (BAC) law with …

Michigan House Speaker Kevin Cotter on Wednesday began to layout the House Republican groundwork for a plan to fund road repairs in Michigan. Cotter, who gave bullet points but no specifics to reporters a day after a ballot proposal to raise the sales tax failed, is optimistic a long-term solution …

It was unofficially the biggest margin of defeat for a ballot proposition since the writing of the Michigan Constitution in 1963. But Governor Rick Snyder says he won’t let the trouncing of Proposal 1 on Tuesday get him down. Voters Tuesday said no to the sales tax increase to trigger …