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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is set to travel the country touting the state’s economic turnaround since he took office in 2011. Supporters have created a nonprofit group called “Making Government Accountable: The Michigan Story,” which has fueled speculation that Snyder is considering a run for President. Spokesman Jarrod Agen tells …

New Census Data says Michigan’s college attainment rate has increased at its highest rate in more than five years. The report was released by the Lumina Foundation. It says Michigan’s college attainment rate increased from 37.4 percent in 2012 to 38.4 percent in 2013, and increase by one percent in …

The state budget is beginning to take shape as House and Senate committees have begun approving some fee increases and extending the life of other fees. However there is one fee hike absent from the list — an increase in the cost of a liquor license. The governor wants to …

A proposal to increase the air emissions fee industries pay is up for debate in the Michigan House. Governor Rick Snyder wanted a 36-percent bump in the fee paid by industries that emit air pollutants, instead a House committee recently gave the green light to just a 6-percent increase. The …

A national research group says in a new report that Michigan’s economic recovery could be in jeopardy because of deteriorating roads and bridges and a lack of funding to fix them. The report is from “The Road Information Program,” a private non-profit group in Washington DC. The group says the …

Only three wolves seem to remain in Isle Royale National Park. Tech Today reports that researchers from Michigan Tech observed the wolves during their annual Winter Study. There were nine wolves observed last winter. Scientists estimate there are 1,250 moose on the island and observed two visiting wolves, which came …

A small child is home safe after being lost in the woods in Houghton County. The sheriff’s department says a six-year old boy had been left behind in a wooded area along Coles Creek on Friday afternoon. The child had been playing with relatives behind the family residence. A search …

The Michigan State Police are investigating a fatal vehicle fire in Schoolcraft County. Three bodies were found inside of a burned up vehicle. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday, Troopers from the Manistique Detachment were called to a gravel road in Doyle Township where the burnt vehicle had been found. The …

The search continues for two women who have now been missing for more than a week. 53-year old Leslie Roy of Nebraska and 56-year old Lee Wright of Oklahoma were traveling together through the Upper Peninsula. They were last seen the morning of Saturday, April 11th when they left a …

A Crystal Falls woman is dead after she fell off a cliff Saturday Afternoon. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post were called to Horse Race Rapids in Mastadon Township around 3:30 p.m. Police say 70-year-old Sandra Waldo died as a result of her internal injuries. The accident …