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The U.S. Census Department says Michigan’s population has grown for the fourth straight year, but its growth is slowing. The state however remains the 10th most populous state. Michigan gained just over 62 hundred residents during the past year and its population is just over 9.92 million. However the Detroit …

Ford and Google are reportedly teaming up on a self-driving car project. Yahoo Autos reports the joint venture will be announced by Ford at the Consumers Electronics Show in January. Google has been working on its self-driving cars for a few years and already has 53 test vehicles on roads …

Michigan’s acting state fire marshal is offering some tips to keep your holidays safe and free from fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, one of every three home Christmas tree fires are caused by electrical problems and one in six are caused by a heat source too close …

Police across the state have stepped up efforts this holiday period as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Melody Kindraka of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning says more local and state police will be on the roads looking out for drunken drivers this week, …

Well over 3 million people are expected to pile into cars, crowd airport terminals and board buses and trains for their holiday destinations. In fact, holiday travel is expected to be two percent higher this holiday season compared to last year. During the 2014 holiday stretch 3.1 million people traveled …

You can’t always see them, but they are there. Many people living in the Copper Country are homeless. And though alleys filled with people sleeping in the street may be something local residents only see on television, homelessness can take on many forms. Including so-called “couch-hopping”, where sometimes entire families …

Anyone who spends time in the Keweenaw will be undoubtedly be moved by the beauty of its landscape. Even more so for poets like Michael Finch. The Midwestern native spent time in the Upper Peninsula and that experience was in part the inspiration for his new book “Finding Home.” Finch …

The state of the deer herd in the Upper Peninsula is an ongoing concern, State Representative Scott Dianda held a town hall meeting in Hancock on Saturday to get some feedback from the hunters who have been out in the woods this season. Dianda also invited the commissioners from the …

Michigan motorists have experienced yet another reduction in the average price of a gallon of gas. AAA reports the state’s average is now at $1.83 per gallon, seven cents lower than it was last week at this time. It’s also 43 cents less than it was a year ago. Of …

Michigan will mostly not see a white Christmas this year. Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa says the chances of having snow on the ground in Michigan are slim, with the possible exception being the western Upper Peninsula. Even Christmas, Michigan, in the central U.P., probably will not see a white Christmas, and …