News

A state lawmaker says that while new job development projects are commonplace around the state, new mining jobs in the Upper Peninsula too often get the silent treatment. State Senate Republican Tom Casperson of Escanaba wishes more attention is given to the jobs provided by mining in the UP. Casperson …

A pair of state lawmakers believe a University of Michigan study that found women who are overweight heading in to their second pregnancy have greater chances of a stillbirth sheds light on an important issue. One of them, State Representative Winnie Brinks, is a mom of three and says it’s …

An audit of the Michigan Department of Corrections and its former food contractor found the state may have overpaid for meals at prisons. The audit found DOC paid Aramark $3.4 million even though there was a dispute over how many meals were served to prisoners. The audit found meal counts …

Police departments could soon have access to a facial recognition program developed at Michigan State University that can match faces caught on security cameras with faces in a database. Anil Jain, a biometrics expert at MSU, says they’ve licensed the technology to NEC Corp, which will make it available to …

A group of educators and lawmakers are offering a plan to boost the number of Michiganders with a post high school education. A new report by the Postsecondary Credential Attainment Workgroup says Michigan needs more than 779,000 more citizens with a postsecondary education, be that college degrees or technical or …

Here is the latest update: On December 6th at approximately 6:00pm, the Hancock Police Department responded to a call of a possible structure fire at Fine Line Tire. Upon arrival, a semi-trailer parked next to Fine Line Tire was on fire. The trailer is used to store old used tires. …

The Keweenaw Community relies heavily on public transportation to get from place to place. With the area’s main cab service closed indefinitely, we take a look at what other options there are for transportation in the area. Neil’s Taxi recently closed due to a lack of current insurance on their …

It’s been 150 years since the first Finnish immigrants arrived in the Copper Country. That’s one of the things that will make this year’s Finnish Independence Day extra special as the Finnish community gathers to celebrate on Sunday.   Finnish American Heritage Center Director Jim Kurtti says the ties between …

December is a magical time in Historic Calumet. Shops and restaurants will be open late this First Friday to kick off Christmas in Calumet events this weekend. If hand crafted copper goods would satisfy someone on your shopping list, then you might want to stop by Hahn Hammered Copper on …

The remnants of the copper mining industry are still with us today. In part because of the large deposits of stamp sand that continue to cause environmental concerns. A team of Houghton Middle School students, calling themselves the Stamping Mad Gremlins, are proposing an idea they say will help. It …