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The CLK Board of Education expressed its appreciation to the Portage Health Foundation at last night’s meeting. Trustees acknowledged a nearly $90,000 grant that helped to pay for personal protection equipment and supplies to help keep staff and students safe from COVID-19. The board also thanked Daniel and Sue Teare …

Extended unemployment benefits will continue, under legislation approved by the Michigan House and Senate. Working into the early hours this morning, Republican legislative leaders agreed to remove the tie-bar that attached the benefits to legislation that would shield businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits. The bills will replace the gubernatorial executive orders …

A Battle Creek man has died after being shot with a crossbow in Baraga County. In a release issued Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies say they were called to Baraga County Memorial Hospital on October 6th at 8:30 in the morning. They found 61-year-old Ross Leo Fruin undergoing treatment for the injury. …

One of the candidates running for Houghton County Clerk is being accused of harassing the other candidate by phone. At last night’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioner Glenn Anderson said Republican Justin Kasieta conspired with a Genesee County man to place the call to incumbent Democrat Jennifer Kelly …

Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center is the newest Planet M testing facility partner. Planet M is Michigan’s initiative to spur development of autonomous vehicles. The Great Lakes Research Center is the first partner that will focus on marine vehicles. The designation will help bring development grants to the area. …

A COVID-19 spike at the Marquette Branch Prison has become serious enough that emergency staffers are being brought in. 79 corrections officers have either tested positive, or are being isolated because they’ve been in close contact with someone who is infected, or because they are experiencing symptoms. The Michigan Department …

The Main Street Calumet Farmers Market held its final summer session last Saturday, but participants aren’t ready to give it up. Organizers are planning to extend the market’s run at an indoor location through December 19th. The market will set up at the Drill House Rink, which is used by …

A group of leading infectious disease specialists has gone public, imploring Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey to reconsider his position on COVID-19 protections. Shirkey has opposed mask mandates, which are strongly encouraged by the Centers for Disease Control, and other health experts. Instead, he’s gone public with his desire …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that will allow more people with criminal convictions to have their records cleared. Among the provisions is an opportunity for those convicted of marijuana offenses to have their records expunged, if the offenses they committed would now be legal under the state recreational marijuana …

The COVID-19 infection rate has slowed in the Keweenaw. The most recent report from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department includes 44 more confirmed positives in the five-county area since the last report was released late Thursday. 21 of those confirmed cases were in Houghton County, which also reported one …