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Modern science has helped to solve a 30-year-old missing person case in Michigan. 30-year-old Charles Cornell of Battle Creek disappeared in 1986. Family members thought he had left the area voluntarily. They never heard from him again. Earlier this year, a member of the Michigan State Police Missing Persons Coordination …

Ford Motor Company says it is cooperating with the U.S. government in an investigation into brake problems with Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan cars. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has received 141 complaints about brake pedals going soft on slippery or uneven surfaces. Some drivers say the faulty brakes …

Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley visited Kingsford yesterday. He toured Lakeshore Systems, Inc., which provides high-definition surveillance and 24-hour monitoring for both private and defense clients. Calley said the growth of the defense industry in Michigan is being held back because of a lack of qualified employees. He cited engineering, welding …

Life is back to normal in L’Anse, after natural gas service to the village and the surrounding area was cut off by a car crash early Friday morning. SEMCO rushed repair crews to the area from as far away as Port Huron and Holland. They turned off the gas meters …

Northern Michigan University has confirmed that the United States Justice Department is investigating a civil rights complaint filed against the school. At issue is a university policy that prohibited students from discussing some mental health issues, including thoughts of suicide, with other students. That policy has since been changed. An …

When it comes to the number of drunk driving arrests in Michigan, the Copper Country tends to rank about in the middle. The website MLive reviewed arrest data for 2015 for every county in the state. They created an apples-to-apples comparison by averaging that number per 10,000 drivers. The lowest …

The State of Michigan is gearing up to fight yet another invasive insect. The hemlock wooly adelgid is an Asian import that was first noted in Virginia in the early 1950s. It lays eggs in white sacs on the tree’s needles. It eventually kills the tree by eating its sap, …

A stretch of US-2 in Norway now bears the name of a fallen local hero. Among the bills Governor Rick Snyder signed as the lame duck legislative session came to a close last week was a measure designating the road as “Kenneth J. Moraska Memorial Highway.” Moraska was a Norway …

Holiday travelers experienced some the highest gasoline costs we’ve seen in some time in Michigan. AAA says prices have climbed nationwide because of OPEC’s recent decision to limit production. Prices were driven a bit further up here in the Midwest because a section of BP’s big refinery in Whiting, Indiana …

SEMCO crews have nearly finished the long process of restoring natural gas service to 1,200 customers in the L’Anse area. As of 3:45 this afternoon, 950 reconnections had been completed. Technicians hoped that they might wrap up the job by day’s end, but cautioned that some customers might still need to …