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Legislation increasing the penalty for not pulling over for an emergency vehicle passed the state Senate Wednesday. Currently in Michigan, you can be fined up to $100 or for commercial vehicles up to $250 for failing to move over for an ambulance, police car, fire truck or other emergency vehicle. …

A state lawmaker from the Upper Peninsula is calling for a vote of no confidence against Michigan Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle. State Representative Scott Dianda has introduced a resolution calling for the vote saying Steudle has mismanaged millions of dollars. Dianda points to the 2010 lease of rail …

Michigan will soon regulate amateur Mixed Martial Arts under legislation that passed the Michigan House Wednesday. State Representative Harvey Santana is sponsoring one of the bills and says, with no rules in place, promoters have been putting fighters in danger by creating lopsided fight cards in hopes of filling arenas. …

An Upper Peninsula lawmaker is trying to get to the bottom of claims the Michigan Department of Corrections is dumping recently paroled prisoners, who have no ties to the community, in Escanaba. State Representative Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, says he doesn’t think the MDOC is busing prisoners to the U.P. town …

Legislation passed the Senate Thursday that would set guidelines for the Secretary of State’s (SOS) office to oversee the ignition interlock program. Under the bill package, the devices, which prevent a person who has had alcohol from driving, would have to be installed by a licensed technician in a licensed …

The Republican leader in the Michigan Senate says they can work with a roads plan passed by the state House. The $1.2 billion House plan to fix the roads includes a 3.3 cent gas tax increase, a $40 spike in vehicle registration fees and using $600 million in existing revenue. …

Click on the bold highlights for more details. High School In high school volleyball last night… – Houghton won the Copper Spike with a 3-0 victory over Hancock. – Calumet swept Lake Linden-Hubbell 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-14). – Baraga and West Iron County triangular at L’Anse – not reported. – …

Former Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lon Johnson is calling for the closure of the Enbridge Pipeline 5 if an independent review cannot guarantee it is safe. The pipelines run through the Straits of Mackinac and response drills have recently been conducted in case of a spill. Johnson…who is seeking the …

Hancock Police Chief Wayne Butler gave his quarterly report at Wednesday night’s Hancock City Council meeting. He explained seasonal crime fluctuations, saying most numbers decrease as the weather gets colder. Butler also extended hopes of the Upper Peninsula Drug Enforcement team having more area involvement in the future. The Hancock …

Education is a lot different than it was in 1972. That’s when the E. B. Holman Public School in Stanton Township was built. In a lot of ways, the facility is much the same as it was back then and lack of space is an ongoing obstacle to making improvements. …