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The Michigan Department of Transportation is looking for volunteers in the Upper Peninsula to report on winter driving conditions. M-DOT says the new Road Watchers program will give motorists a chance to tell them how well it’s maintaining highways in the U.P. this winter. Road Watcher volunteers will occasionally be …

State lawmakers are back in Lansing and they continue to talk about road funding, but any vote to raise new revenue for the roads is on hold. Before the summer recess the House passed a $450 million road package but that went nowhere in the Senate and now despite talks …

Once again, Michigan Tech has moved up in the annual US News & World Report ranking of the best undergraduate colleges and universities, placing 56th, in the top third, of 170 public universities. Michigan Tech’s undergraduate engineering programs ranked in the top half nationwide, 73rd of 157 programs ranked. Among …

This week, Representative Scott Dianda introduced a resolution that encourages legislative support for the construction of new electricity generating facilities in the Upper Peninsula. Currently, U.P. residents are paying increasingly large sums to keep the Presque Isle Power Plant open and operating. With a capacity of more than 400 megawatts, …

A 38-year-old Bessemer man is in police custody after a seven-hour standoff in Gogebic County. Deputies say they received reports of gunshots in the vicinity of the suspect’s residence at 10:40 p.m. CDT Tuesday. The responding officers secured the perimeter and waited for backup. The suspect was visible both in …

There could soon be more hunting opportunities in the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula. The refuge says it is proposing new areas and seasons for deer and black bear and other species. The new rules would take effect with the start of Michigan’s 2015 hunting seasons. They’re …

The Better Business Bureau in Michigan is warning school administrators to watch out for phony invoices that ask for payment of more than 600 dollars for school books. The billing comes from an outfit calling itself the Scholastic School Supply, a name similar to a legitimate supply company, although the …

Damage claims submitted to the Michigan Department of Transportation due to potholes over this past winter jumped 249% from 2013. According to M-DOT, 744 claims were submitted for this winter after they announced in February that drivers could seek reimbursement if a pothole was proven to be the cause of …

Legislation has been introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives to effectively expand the state’s civil rights law to the LGBT community. Sponsors say the measure protects Michigan residents in cases involving employment, housing and public accommodations if they’re discriminated against because of the “sexual orientation” or “gender identity or …

The state of Michigan’s online presence for economic development and site selection services has won praise as one of the best in the nation. Sigala Inc., a California-based development and consulting firm, recently released a report looking at how well each state’s economic development agency did in promoting the state …