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A group trying to repeal the state’s prevailing wage law is scrapping the roughly 390,000 signatures it’s collected and starting over. The group, Protecting Michigan Taxpayers, says there were too many duplicate signatures on its first petition drive, which cost $1.5 million. It will not be using the same signature-collecting …

A drunken argument in the West Michigan town of Whitehall early Sunday morning ended when a man was hit with a mounted sailfish. Police say the 58-year old woman got angry at her 61-year old boyfriend and hit him over the head with the fish and poked him with the …

The dreaded Asian Carp is inching closer to Lake Michigan. A committee made up federal and state agencies monitoring the invasive fish found two small carp 12 miles closer to the lake, putting Asian Carp 66 miles closer to Lake Michigan than it was earlier in the year. However the …

Two disgraced former legislators, one who recently resigned under pressure and the other expelled for wrongdoing, try for comebacks on Tuesday. Todd Courser resigned after admitting he misused state resources to hide an affair with former legislator Cindy Gamrat, who made the same admission. She was expelled. Gamrat is running …

Police say a 14-year-old girl, who was hit by two cars and dragged almost two miles down the road, near Ann Arbor is lucky to be alive. The girl was out trick-or-treating Saturday night. Police say she was in the center lane, trying to cross a road, when she was …

There will be a couple of big changes this weekend. First, this is the time change weekend for the fall so be sure to set your clocks back one full hour Saturday night. For those who have to get up early Sunday, that means you’ll get an extra hour’s sleep. …

October 29, 2015 – Keep Halloween scary and safe this year by taking simple precautions to lower fire risk and avoid burn-related injuries. Have fun in flame-resistant costumes, trick-or-treat with flashlights or glow sticks, and use extreme caution if using candles to ensure a spooktacular good time. “On Halloween there’s …

Several communities in the Copper Country have set their hours for Trick-or-Treating tomorrow night. In Hancock, kids will be ringing doorbells from 5:00-7:00, in Baraga the hours are from 4:00 till 7:00, in Ontonagon it’s 4:00 to 6:00, and in L’Anse the hours are from 4:00 to 6:30. When it …

HANCOCK, Mich. — Salolampi (which translates to “lake in the woods”) is a Finnish language village near the shore of Turtle River Lake in Bemidji, Minnesota. For decades, young people ages 7-17 have been attending this camp and fully immersing themselves in Finnish language and culture. Fifteen-year-old Benjamin Leinonen, a …

Michigan ranked highest in the nation in political spending on Michigan Supreme Court campaigns last year. That’s according to a report released Thursday. It was issued by Justice at Stake, the Brennan Center for Justice and the national Institute on Money in State Politics. The report said eight candidates spent …