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A bill creating a license for midwives in the state cleared the Michigan House Thursday. The bill lays out what midwives can or cannot do and includes education and certification requirements. Representative Edward Canfield, who is an Osteopathic physician, opposed the legislation saying when the state license people it suggest …

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL VACANCY  HOUGHTON CITY COUNCIL The Houghton City Council is accepting letters of application to fill a vacancy on the Houghton City Council.  Section 2.3 of the Houghton City Charter states that qualifications are “any qualified voter of the city 18 years of age, or older, and …

Join The Vertin Gallery for a magical traditional holiday week-end as Santa arrives this Friday in Historic downtown Calumet. He will be taking your wishlist Friday from 5-7 Friday and 11-1 Saturday at the Vertin Family Art and Reading Nook. Enjoys sleigh rides provided by Main Street Calumet and shopping …

A Facebook group that’s aiming to change the number of bucks Michigan hunters can harvest each year is starting to gain some traction. Kyle Yoder created the group, ‘One Buck Tag For Michigan’. Yoder is a lifelong hunter who hunts in both Northern Michigan and Upper Michigan. He says that …

There’s an open seat on the Houghton City Council. A letter of resignation from former City Council member Gernot Joachim to the council was read at their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday. Joachim called his decade of service to the city an honor and a privilege. Now pursuing a career …

Changes could be coming to how garbage is collected in the Village of Laurium. A proposed change to the Village ordinance would require all residents and businesses to purchase and use Village approved containers for garbage disposal. A public hearing will be held at the open council meeting on December …

A Planned Parenthood official in Michigan is not satisfied with the pro-life reaction to deadly shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. Pro-life groups have condemned the killings, but Lori Carpentier of Planned Parenthood in Michigan says words matter and some of the things pro-life groups have said about …

A U.S. Congressman from Michigan continues to vehemently oppose effort by Canada to build a nuclear waste storage facility near Lake Huron. Canadian officials have delayed a plan by 90-days to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Ontario, less than a mile from Lake Huron. But Democrat Dan Kildee …

A measure that aims to spell out what happens to the photos you store online and your Facebook and Twitter accounts when you die has passed the Michigan House. The bill, sponsored by State Representative Anthony Forlini is designed to protect digital assets. He says, with more and more people …

State Representative John Kivela hopes to return to Lansing sometime next week after suffering what he described as major internal blood loss this week. Kivela, who was arrested last month for having a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, hasn’t been at the Capitol since. To date …