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Parents are the best chance kids have to avoid underage drinking. A program by Dial Help, taking place Tuesday, will help parents breach the subject of alcohol with their children. The event is called “Talk—They Hear You”. Here’s Dial Help Prevention Coordinator Kevin Weir. Studies show that ten percent of …

A federal judge puts a hold on Michigan’s ban on straight-party ticket voting. U.S. District Court Judge Gershwin Drain said in his ruling that the state’s law banning straight party ticket voting places a “disproportionate burden” on the rights of blacks to vote in the fall election. Mark Brewer is …

It’s been 60 years since one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history, the crash of the Andrea Doria off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. A Metro Detroit woman, Pierette Simpson, of Novi, was nine years old traveling from Italy with her grandparents, when their ship was hit by …

Lots of people are playing reality video games like Pokemon GO, but be careful so you don’t end up in the hospital. Here’s Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites.

A group of Michigan Democrats will be in Philadelphia today as the Democratic National Convention kicks off. U.S. Senator Gary Peters is expected to speak at the convention Wednesday afternoon. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and former Governor Jennifer Granholm are also expected to be on stage. Michigan has 148 democratic delegates …

With college starting in just over a month for thousands of Michigan students, the state Medical Society and Health Department is urging young people to make sure they are immunized against meningitis B. The push for the vaccinations comes just a week after Central Michigan University senior Kristy Malter died …

Gas prices have taken a tumble over the past week. AAA Michigan says the latest statewide average is around $2.24 a gallon, down eleven cents from the previous week and 41 cents from this time last year. That was the third-largest weekly drop among U.S. states last week, behind Indiana …

The statement from UPPCO: Shortly after 5 p.m. this evening Upper Peninsula Power Company completed restoration of power.  A few residences are in need of electrical work before power can come back on. UPPCO thanks its customers and the public for their patience as our line crews and other employees …

LAURIUM–One woman is dead and one man is in custody after an incident Saturday night in the Village of Laurium. Just after 11:45 p.m., officers with the Laurium Police Department were dispatched to the 100 block of Florida Street. When police arrived, they found a 44-year-old woman dead in the …

Power has been restored to all but one of six Michigan state parks in the Upper Peninsula that had been without electric service since Thursday morning. A complex of thunderstorms rumbled through the Upper Peninsula early Thursday from Minnesota, toppling trees, downing electric lines and knocking out service for utility …