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The Rotaract Club of Houghton–Hancock will present a check for $2,800 to the Houghton County Energy Efficiency Team to the Houghton Rotary Club today. Rotaract raised the funds at its April 10 Great Gatsby Charity Ball, which attracted more than 200 students and community members for an evening of Jazz …

Eight teams of Copper Country high school students are competing in this year’s Local History Smackdown this evening. The teams will field questions about local history, geography, and geology, including two rounds based on photos. Two wrong answers and teams are out of play. Students have been preparing for this …

Lake Superior Celebration 6:00-8:00pm, Thursday, April 23, 2015 At Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center  Hands-on Activities Great Lakes Research Centertours: green roof  & other sustainable features For Youth: Weatherize Your Home, Pay Me Game, Design Wind Turbines, Make a Draft Dodger, Showerhead Showdown   Local Resources New fuel efficient vehicles–Chevy …

A downstate woman accused of shooting into the take-out window of a McDonald’s restaurant in Grand Rapids is going to prison. Shaneka Torres was sentenced Tuesday to three to seven years in prison and was ordered to stay away from McDonald’s restaurants. She was also ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution for …

A Senate committee in Lansing has approved a measure that requires better communications among agencies involved in mobile home park oversight. It now goes to the full Senate for consideration. The legislation also increases fines for “bad actors” whose inaction threatens the health and safety of mobile home parks. The …

Michigan’s unemployment insurance system is being sued by a group of Michigan citizens who charge that the current computer system that decides cases involving fraud within the insurance program, is unconstitutional. They say the “robo-adjudication” system, lacks any human oversight because it “regularly accuses people who have filed for unemployment …

A Michigan House committee Thursday could vote on auto insurance reforms. The House Insurance Committee begins its third day of testimony on legislation that makes some changes to Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance law. The changes include creating a new governor-appointed group to handle claims for catastrophic injuries, establishing an auto …

A Michigan House committee has approved a pair of bills regulating amateur Mixed Martial Arts events in the state. Right now pro MMA fights are regulated in Michigan but amateur events are not. The two bills, which are now heading to the House floor, would add a series of rules …

Bills that allow faith-based adoption agencies in Michigan to deny services to certain potential adoptive parents, without fear of losing state money, has cleared a state Senate committee. The Senate Families, Seniors and Human Services Committee voted 4-to-1 Wednesday to send the bills to the full Senate, over the objections …

The three individuals found deceased inside a burned up vehicle in Schoolcraft County Friday have been preliminarily identified.   Troopers from the Gladstone Post of the Michigan State Police say the male victim is 42-year-old Jody Hutchinson of Gould City.   The other two victims are 31-year-old Carrie Nelson and …