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The Michigan legislature has moved one step closer in gathering funds to fix the roads. The Michigan House has passed a road funding plan that phases out the sales tax on gasoline and replaces it with a wholesale tax on gas. The Republican backed plan, that cleared the lower-chamber last …

The House Transportation and Infrstructure Committee has made an amendment to a bill that will dramatically change how road funding in Michigan is distributed. Representative Scott Dianda offered the amendment, which would increase the amount of Michigan Transportation Fund revenues that local governments receive from the state. Dianda’s plan would …

The deadline to submit an application for the Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is today. The council includes approximately 20 members, each residing within the 10 western Upper Peninsula counties. Council members represent a wide variety of natural resource and recreation stakeholder groups and are chosen based on a …

The names have been released of the four men facing drug charges after a number of U.P.S.E.T. investigations in Iron County. 26-year-old Justin Gollakner, 27-year-old Tyler Christensen, 28-year-old Corey Knepp and 23-year-old Dijon Carter are all charged with various delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance charges, including heroin and morphine. Knepp …

Some Michigan bars would be allowed to stay open later on weekends, under legislation approved by the state Senate. Just hours after being reported out of a Senate committee, the upper-chamber passed a bill that would allow establishments licensed to sell alcohol in central business districts to stay open until …

Police have released two surveillance photos of suspects who might be involved in a string of auto repair shop break-ins in Houghton County. Over two dozen auto repair shops throughout the county have agreed to combine resources and offer a reward worth $12,250 for information leading to the arrest and …

A creditors meeting was held yesterday in Marquette at U.S. District Bankruptcy Court for a land-holding company involving the founders of one the largest construction companies in the Upper Peninsula. At issue is one of 33 limited liability corporations formed by the founders of the Moyle Construction Company in Houghton …

The city of Houghton has decided to opt out and continue its current practice in regards to how it pays for health insurance for its employees. City Manager Eric Waara says this has been the preferred choice for the city for quite some time. The other options were to pay …

The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested four individuals on multiple drug counts Wednesday in Iron River. Three males and one female were taken into custody. They were charged with delivery/manufacturing of controlled substances including Ritalin, Oxycodone, Morphine and Heroin. All four individuals reside in the Iron River area. UPSET …

A year later and people in the Western U.P. are still talking about the historic winter that dumped hundreds of inches of snow on the Copper Country. And an early start to the winter means an early start to planning for the removal of the snow. The Houghton County Road …