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One of the big issues facing lawmakers in Lansing during their final week of session before adjourning for the holidays is a proposal to offer tax breaks to new and existing data centers in the state. Nevada-based Switch wants the tax incentives before it agrees to open a data center in West …

December 11, 2015 – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reminding the public that, due to ongoing maintenance work on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, the bridge will not be operable for marine lifts after Dec.15. The bridge is scheduled to resume normal operation April 15, 2016. The $8.4 …

The Portage Lake District Library Board of Trustees has hired Dillon Geshel as the new Library Director. Geshel served as interim director since the retirement of Shawn Leche in late August. The vote to hire Geshel was unanimous.   “Dillon understands this community and its library needs,” said Jennifer Donovan, …

Looking for your boat? The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department has recovered a small 12-foot older model aluminum boat. It was found on the shores of Agate Beach in Stanton Township on Friday. It has a Minnesota registration on it and is dented all over with two small cracks in the …

The counties of Houghton and Keweenaw will continue to share the same prosecuting attorney for the time being. That’s according to Attorney General Bill Schuette–who appointed Houghton County Prosecutor Michael Makinen as Special Prosecutor in March of this year after the license to practice law of then Keweenaw County Prosecutor …

The Michigan Tech Archives are on a mission to put history in the hands of those who lived it. They’re doing this by collecting oral histories from copper mining families. The Archives are a collection of records, photographs and documents of Michigan Tech and the surrounding Copper Country area. It’s …

The official results from Saturday’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community General Election are pending but it appears that both casino proposals have been approved. The first proposal was regarding a new casino development project in Baraga at the current casino site with an estimated cost of $28 million. The second proposal …

A bill to terminate the parental rights of a rapist is headed to the full Senate. Under current law, parental rights can be terminated after a rape conviction, but this legislation would ask for only clear and convincing evidence to terminate parental rights. Supporters of the legislation say rapists should …

Governor Rick Snyder is joining in the push for a new lock to be built at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie. Dave Nyberg, director of the governor’s Northern Michigan office, says building a new 1,000 foot lock is a priority. The Army Corps of Engineers recently received the …

Because of the downturn in energy prices, the oil industry appears to be the leader in the number of layoffs in 2015. That follows years of employment gains in the industry. As of last week, layoffs by U.S. based energy companies hit nearly 94,000 jobs so far this year. John …