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Governor Rick Snyder delivers his fifth ‘State of the State’ message to a joint session of the Michigan Legislature and a statewide radio and t-v audience tonight. During the speech, the governor is expected to highlight past successes of his administration such as the expansion of health care to low-income …

Saturday night’s lift bridge closure went very smoothly according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. The closure began at 9 o’clock Saturday night and was actually complete an hour early, opening to traffic at about 6 o’clock Sunday morning. MDOT Communications Director Dan Weingarten spoke about the possibility of future …

A fatal accident in Baraga County has taken the life of a high school P.E. Instructor. 56-year-old Matthew Davidson was traveling east early Sunday morning in a Ford F-150 truck on US-41 near Tioga Creek in Covington Township when it lost control and flipped into a ditch. Davidson was found …

A Houghton man has been bound over to Circuit Court on charges that he murdered an elderly woman during a 2013 break–in. 30-year-old Timothy Cadeau waived his right to have a District Court preliminary exam on Friday and he’ll be arraigned in Circuit Court on Wednesday. Cadeau is charged with …

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students from Michigan Tech will be spreading Dr. King’s message as the visit Copper Country students today. Approximately 40 student volunteers will visit Houghton Elementary School and Barkell Elementary School, where they will read books to the children about Martin Luther King’s …

The City of Escanaba is moving one step closer to closing its decades-old power plant. The Escanaba City Council has voted in favor of asking energy regulators to allow the city to “retire” its plant this summer, when the current “System Support Resource” contract expires. Escanaba Mayor Marc Tall says …

The Enbridge oil pipeline running under the Straits of Mackinac has a new challenge as the Sierra Club filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the U.S. Forest Service permit that allows it to operate. The pipeline requires the permit because portions run through the Huron-Manistee National Forest. It spring a …

Millions of dollars will be put toward improving the health of almost 12,000 acres of non–industrial forest land across the Upper Great Lakes region. $5 million, to be exact, will be used to conserve habitats across the U.P., Wisconsin and Minnesota. These habitats are crucial to threatened and endangered species. …

While most Upper Peninsula utilities were pleased with Tuesday’s announcement that large electric rate hikes may not be coming after all, the Cloverland Electric Co-op was not one of them. The Co-op based in Dafter covers five counties on the eastern end of the U.P. (Chippewa, Mackinac, Schoolcraft, Delta and …

A federal judge in Detroit is ordering the state to recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith called marriage a “fundamental right” Thursday in his opinion on the ruling. The 300 couples married last March after another judge struck down the Michigan ban on same-sex marriage, but …