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Robust Michigan Holiday Sales Expected

Michigan retailers are anticipating their best holiday sales season in three years when Christmas shopping begins in earnest on Friday. Jim Hallan, president and CEO of the Michigan Retailers Association says improved economic conditions are driving that optimism. He say significantly lower gas prices and lower heating costs, a lower …

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Keweenaw Community Foundation YAC Announces Grants To Benefit Local Youth

Hancock, Michigan—The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) of the Keweenaw Community Foundation announced that $15,100 has been awarded from the Youth Endowment Fund to nine local organizations. These grants will support projects that benefit youth in grades 6-12 in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The grant recipients are: Student Leadership Committee of …

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Heroin & Cocaine Bust In Lake Linden

Two downstate men are in custody and facing drug charges after being arrested in Houghton County. Police arrested a 35-year-old man from Flint and a 43-year-old man from Detroit on multiple felony drug counts Thursday. Officers from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department, the Houghton City Police and the Upper Peninsula …

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Heroin & Cocaine Bust In Lake Linden

Two downstate men are in custody and facing drug charges after being arrested in Houghton County. Police arrested a 35-year-old man from Flint and a 43-year-old man from Detroit on multiple felony drug counts Thursday. Officers from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department, the Houghton City Police and the Upper Peninsula …

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Michigan Tech Looks To Rise Above Racial Strife

While the Houghton County Prosecutor decides what to do with the person accused of posting a threat on social media aimed at black students at Michigan Tech, students there are shifting their focus to improving race relations on campus. Grad student Christina Welch says since the threat, racial comments aimed …

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Fracking Ban Signature Drive Falls Short

Organizers of a ban on fracking, a method of cracking rocks to extract natural gas, have failed to collect enough signatures to get on the November 2016 ballot. It’s the third time the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan has tried to get the question on a ballot – failing …

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Attorney Generals Office Offering Smart Donations Advice

The Michigan attorney general’s office is warning people to be careful when making charitable donations this holiday season. The AG’s office has teamed up with charitable organizations to offer tips to Michigan donors to help ensure their financial gifts will do the most good and to avoid charity fraud. Andrea …

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Refugees Pause Criticized

Opponents of the governor’s decision to pause the settling of new Syrian immigrants into the state have delivered more than 4,500 signatures condemning the plan. Supporters have said the pause is needed until Homeland Security finishes a review of its vetting process for immigrants, to ensure terrorists don’t come to …

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U of M Economists Forecast U.S. Economic Growth

The U.S. economy is expected to grow at its highest rate in a decade, according to economists at the University of Michigan. Gabriel Ehrlich, a U of M economist, says the nation’s overall economic output growth will rise 2.4 percent in 2016 and 2.9 percent in 2017. He says the …

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