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LifePoint Hospitals in the Upper Peninsula have a new Regional Chief Financial Officer. Former CFO at Marquette General Hospital Steve Embree will now oversee financial operations for Bell Hospital, Marquette General Health System and Portage Health, according to a statement released by U.P. Lifepoint Hospitals Market President Jim Bogan. Bogan …

UPDATED 10/7/14 – 4:00 pm – Detour signs are up in L’Anse, as the village begins a major road project. Village Manager Bob LaFave says Broad Street and Main Street will be resurfaced… LAFAVE A. LaFave says motorists coming through town can avoid the construction on Broad Street by using Baraga …

A new effort is being launched to look into how to rid Michigan of the destructive feral swine. The state has awarded half-million dollar grant to researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan-Flint, who will team up on the project. The Gongwer News Service reports that officials …

Michigan is one of four states selected by the National Governors Association to find ways to improve the juvenile justice system. The goal is to create better outcomes for youth as well as safer communities. The Michigan Department of Human Services says that over the next several months, teams from …

Governor Rick Snyder has declared this October Pure Michigan Apple Month. Snyder says the state’s apple growers work hard all year to provide us with the best-tasting apples around and he encourages all Michiganders to visit a local farm market, cider mill or orchard for a Pure Michigan Apple experience. Michigan is the nation’s …

Gas prices dropped about 13 cents from last week, AAA Michigan reports.  Michigan’s current statewide average is about $3.27 per gallon, down about 13 cents from last week and about 7 cents less than this same time last year.  Metro Detroit gas prices dropped about 10 cents. The current average …

Doctors are reassuring the public that the Ebola Crisis has not reached Michigan despite a patient who seemed to have symptoms of the disease. Officials with Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids and Kent County were quick to deny the presence of an Ebola case after a patient showed up at …

Michigan Technological University’s Board of Control received a first-rate audit report.  The report was given at MTU’s regular meeting on Friday and comes from the external audit firm Rehmann Robson, which performed the year-end financial statement audit. The auditors issued a clean or unmodified opinion, which is the highest level …

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home in Baraga is holding a special event in honor of the cause. The event is called “Ride Against Abuse” and it will feature a motorcycle ride through the Copper Country. Event organizer Mary Niemela says with the …

A little less than a month away from the general elections and the candidates for the two contested races for the Houghton County Board of Commissioners seats are talking to voters and making their beliefs known. In District 1, Democrat Rick Kasprzak says he really wants to push his efforts …