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A Houghton man is dead after a motorcycle accident. Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post say 52-year-old James Mewborn appeared to have suffered a medical emergency while riding a 2001 Kawasaki in Portage Township between Dodgeville and Huron Township about 5:30pm Sunday. Police say Mewborn ran off the roadway …

Wines and food from around the world are on the menu during Parade of Nations Week this year. The 26th annual Parade of Nations and Multicultural Festival are on Saturday, Sept. 19, and the Hancock Rotary Club is sponsoring its second annual fall wine tasting event on Thursday, Sept. 17 …

The Friends of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park group has been named the winner of the Great Lakes Center for Youth Development’s 2015 Upper Peninsula service award in the volunteer program category. Two representatives from the friends’ organization will be honored as guests of the center at its Upper Peninsula conference …

501(c)(3) organizations invited to apply by Nov. 15 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced a new grant program for 501(c)(3) organizations and local governments to purchase permanent easements for snowmobile trails. An easement is an authorization to use land for a specific activity, such as snowmobiling. According to …

Prospects for the 2015 big-game hunting and furbearer hunting seasons are very good, say Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists. Michigan offers a diversity of species and a wide variety of seasons to maximize recreational opportunity. Here’s a quick overview of some of the upcoming seasons: Bear Season: Bear licenses …

The Portage Health Foundation is pleased to announce its partnership with Michigan Technological University in the creation of a health-science scholarship program for local students.  Michigan Tech will begin offering currently enrolled students opportunities to apply for the PHFoundation scholarship this fall. The Portage Health Foundation is a non-profit charitable …

Michigan Technological University ranks first among public universities in Michigan for the mid-career salaries earned by its graduates.  In Payscale.com’s latest College Salary Report, Michigan Tech also ranked 13th nationwide for mid-career salaries of graduates of public universities and 20th in the nation for mid-career engineering salaries. Payscale.com ranks schools based …

Gas prices across Michigan have tumbled an average of 32-cents per gallon this week, based on a new survey from AAA Michigan. The Auto Club’s latest fuel gauge survey shows Michigan’s current statewide average is now at $2.52 per gallon. That’s also $1.08 less than this same time last year. Of …

Soon the temps will drop and tree colors will change and a Michigan is launching an ad campaign to promote those things. The Pure Michigan $2.4 million fall campaign gets underway Monday with plans to run ads across the Midwest and other regions. Michelle Grinnell of Travel Michigan says the …

The Michigan House is expected to release its full report today looking into allegations of misconduct and misuse of taxpayer resources by two lawmakers. State Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat had an affair. An internal investigation was launched three weeks ago to find out if they used taxpayer resources …