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A man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a bear. 50-year old Gary Stevens was riding his motorcycle Sunday afternoon on Highway 64 in Wisconsin — about 85-miles southwest of Iron Mountain, Michigan — when he hit the bear. No word on how big the bear …

Arguments will be heard today before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati on Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban. A coalition called Michigan for Marriage, which supports overturning the voter-approved ban, held rallies in Warren and Lansing last night. The ban was approved in 2004 by voters, …

The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced that next Tuesday, U.S. 41 near Copper Harbor will be closed from 7am to 4pm. MDOT will replace a culvert in the Lake Medora area. The current culvert has collapsed, causing damage to the roadway. Northbound through-traffic will be detoured at Phoenix along …

Starting in October 2015, the liability of credit card purchase fraud will fall on business owners that are not using EMV technology. Presently, if you accept a fraudulent payment, the bank issuing the card is liable for the amount of the fraud and the bank will absorb the cost. However, …

They’re not very popular and would probably never be called cute, cuddly or adorable. But, bats are very important to our society as well as the economy. However, some species are facing a possible annihilation. White Nose Syndrome has already killed seven million bats. The milky fungus is the greatest …

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Today the polls will be open and the primary election will take place. Although there won’t be many decisions being made, there are some races that will be contested including incumbent Dan Benishek going up against Alan Arcand for the Republican party’s representative for the 1st Congressional U.S. District and …

It appears that voter turnout for the today’s primary elections could be lower than ever. Matt Marsden, public affairs director for RevSix Data Systems, which is tracking absentee ballots, says that the low rate of return on absentee ballots, could be an indication that fewer than one million voters will …

A Lake Linden man who was struck by a car in Calumet Township in July has been found at fault in the accident. An investigation by the Calumet Post of the Michigan State Police revealed 30-year-old Albert Labeau was walking southbound on M-26 in the southbound lane when he was …

A downstate man is in critical condition after an ORV crash in Alger County Sunday afternoon. Troopers from the Negaunee Post of the Michigan State Police say the accident happened around 5:30 on H-58 near H-15 close to the Bear Trap Dam. They say 49-year-old James Welsh of Farmington Hills …