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Global warming is already affecting the future of Michigan wildlife, according to a report from the National Wildlife Federation. The report details how the young of many species are at risk because of a changing climate, a situation, the report says, will worsen if the nation does not curb carbon …

The Michigan Department of Transportation is recruiting drivers as part of a new initiative designed to get feedback on construction projects throughout metro-Detroit and the rest of the state. MDOT’s website calls the group the ‘Road Watchers’, and their purpose would be to give thorough feedback on how certain projects …

A bath salts kingpin with ties to Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Ontonagon counties has been sentenced to 137 months in federal prison. 56-year-old Scott Bernard Will of Mass City was given the 11-and-a-half-year term Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Marquette, where he was found guilty of distributing and conspiring …

A new business is coming to town and it’s home will be the old backroom building in dowtown Houghton. AirWave is bringing the water sports industry and indoor recreation to the downtown area. Among the services they will provide are a retail store, lessons and rentals on the lake and …

The Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced a partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Travel Michigan to create a Pure Michigan advertising campaign, highlighting the Keweenaw Peninsula. And as always, Tim Allen will be the voice of the radio ads. The ads have already begun airing in …

Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed a petition for additional subpoenas in an ongoing investigation into excessively high prices and other questionable business practices related to record high propane costs in Michigan this past winter. Since early December, the Attorney General’s office has received 44 individual complaints against Amerigas from …

A compromise proposal to raise the minimum wage in Michigan has been approved by the Michigan Senate. The upper chamber of the Michigan Legislature today approved a phased-in increase that would go to $8.15 in September, to $8.50 next January, to $8.85 in January of 2016, and then to $9.20 …

Revenue experts with the Snyder administration and the Michigan Legislature have announced that incoming tax revenue for the current fiscal year will be 317 million dollars lower than what was expected in January, down by just over a quarter of a billion dollars in the general fund this year, and …

A bill cracking down on drugged drivers is moving through the Michigan Legislature. Yesterday the Michigan House Judiciary Committee approved a measure that sponsors say ensures immediate jail time for repeat offenders and better communication between law enforcement agencies. House Republican Dan Lauwers says the measure puts a ‘conditional bond’ …

A busy agenda was on the docket yesterday for the Houghton City Council. Among the actionable business that was discussed, the council approved the rezoning of West Houghton Avenue from a multiple-family residential district to a one-family residential district. City Manager Eric Waara received many complaints from families in that …