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You’re passions shouldn’t cause you pain. That’s the theme of a free seminar hosted by the Orthopedics and Outpatient Therapies teams from Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital. The Interactive Joint and Muscle Pain Seminar will take place in the Memorial Union Building today at 5:30pm. It will include normal mobility demonstrations, what …

Unemployment in Michigan’s construction industry declined by more than 5.5 percent during the past year, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors. ABC analyzed statistics released in February by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Michigan‘s construction-related jobless decline was the largest year-over-year drop in the U.S. The Michigan jobless rate for …

Nearly half of local roads that do not get federal aid are in “poor” condition, and only 10 percent in “good” condition. That’s according to new data released Monday by the state-run Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council. The study comes less than a month before Michigan voters go to the …

There is a new statewide test for students in Michigan beginning this week. The M-STEP test is more challenging than the former MEAP test that had been given to students. The M-STEP is also the first exam to be online. Students in grades five, eight and eleven are taking the …

Lawmakers on a Michigan House committee continue to weigh a package of bills that would revamp the state’s energy policy, which includes eliminating energy choice. The big utilities lined up to support the bill during an hours long hearing Monday. Consumer’s Energy VP of Government Affairs David Mengebier told the …

Police body cameras would be regulated under a bill being considered Tuesday by a House committee in Lansing. The Michigan House Judiciary Committee will take up a measure that, among other things, provides exemptions from the Freedom Of Information Act in certain situations. The proposal says body camera records could …

An Ontonagon man is facing multiple charges after he crashed into a gate at a cemetery. The Ontonagon Sheriff’s office says they received a report of a vehicle crashing into the gate at the Evergreen Cemetery on M8 near Ontonagon. A Sheriff’s Deputy located the vehicle minutes later and arrested …

One man is dead after a two vehicle crash in Chocolay Township Sunday.   Michigan State Police Troopers from the Negaunee Post were called to US-41 South and Hillcrest Trail in Chocolay Township just before 10:00 p.m.   Troopers say that 25-year-old Duncan Ryan-Ross of Skandia was driving a 2005 …

31-year-old Benjamin Riutta is charged with felony hit and run. Police say the Atlantic Mine resident swerved over the center line and onto the shoulder of Obenhoff Road in Adams Township in March. That’s where he allegedly hit a 36-year old woman from Atlantic Mine walking alongside the road and …

A town hall meeting will be held this evening to discuss a possible wind farm in South Range. The company Farm Wind wants to build six to ten 500-foot wind turbines in the area. A local ordinance prohibits the structures from being any closer than 3,000 feet from adjacent property …