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Former State Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have lost their bids to win their respective House seats back in a special primary election Tuesday night. Mary Whiteford took the Republican nomination from the field of eight vying for Gamrat’s seat. Gary Howell took the GOP nomination in Courser’s former …

After months, if not years, if not decades of political wrangling lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate have approved a $1.2 billion road funding plan, sending it to the governor. The House narrowly approved the plan late Tuesday night with almost entirely Republican votes. The Senate approved the bills …

A leaky roof, a troublesome heating system and buses that continually break down—these are all problems being faced by the Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School District. Voters are being asked to support a $4.49 million dollar bond proposal to fix these and other issues. Ewen-Trout Creek Schools Superintendent Alan Tulppo said, …

The Michigan State Police Calumet Post has been receiving a high volume of calls regarding telephone calls supposedly from the IRS. Residents report that callers claiming to be from the IRS are leaving messages or instructing people to contact them regarding unpaid tax bills. Many of these calls are urgent …

[Ontonagon, Mich.] – On October 1, more than 20 Ontonagon residents met at the Community Action Building to discuss the future of the village’s waterfront. The Ontonagon community is now invited to the next phase of the case study. From November 5 to 7, the village and project team will …

HOUGHTON — Through the generosity of an estate gift of $1 million, an endowed professorship will be established in the Department of Computer Science at Michigan Technological University. An additional $500,000 gift will provide postdoctoral fellowship support within the department. The gift from Donn and Liza Schneider, of Green Bay, Wis., ensures …

HANCOCK, MI – Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) welcomes Michael Verive, MD, to their team of Pediatric providers at the Hancock Family Health Center. As a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), Dr. Verive is board certified and maintains an ongoing commitment to lifelong learning and …

Michigan State Police motor carrier officers and troopers will participate in a two-day coordinated enforcement operation focusing on commercial vehicle crash reduction, along with law enforcement officers from the states of Ohio and Indiana. This multi-state effort will take place Nov. 3-4, and will include the I-75 corridor in Michigan …

A meeting slated for this week in Lansing between Escanaba city leaders and the Michigan Department of Corrections aims to clear the air over claims by police in the Upper Peninsula town that the MDOC is dumping prisoners there who aren’t from the area. State Representative Ed McBroom says it …

A pilot program to see if lighting up the words, “Stop Do Not Pass,” on the back of a school bus prevents people from passing a stopped bus wrapped up Friday. 10 school districts across the state took part. The program is State Representative Holly Hughes idea. She hopes the …