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Michigan residents who use the health exchange established under the Affordable Care Act are still going to get their federal tax credits. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 6-to-3 decision the tax credits would stand for federally run exchanges. Last year, over 184,000 Michiganders using the marketplace received over …

The Michigan State Police at the Gladstone Post were contacted by a citizen inquiring about a possible warrant for their daughter’s arrest. The caller’s daughter is a student at Northern Michigan University. She had been called by a person claiming to be from the Michigan State Police. They advised her …

A Lake Linden man accused of fleeing from police by driving down a snowmobile trail is facing a felony charge and two misdemeanors. 28-year-old Adam Scott Fountaine of Lake Linden was arraigned Wednesday in 97th District Court. The charges stem from an incident during the early morning hours of June …

When the students at Finlandia University return in the fall, they will be coming back to a fully renovated state-of-the-art Paavo Nurmi Center. One million dollars was invested to turn the old swimming pool, bowling alley and weight room into a new strength and fitness center, athletic training room and …

The search continues for an escaped inmate from the Houghton County Jail. 34–year–old John Sattio has been on the run since Friday, when he escaped custody as he was escorted from the Houghton County Courthouse back to the jail. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call around …

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) installed two nest boxes – one each on the north and south bridge towers – in spring 2012 and a pair of peregrine falcons showed up the next spring. After raising four chicks on the south tower last year, the pair produced three offspring …

Middle-school science teachers from across Michigan are back in school themselves this week at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and Michigan Technological University, working on a new and better way to teach middle-school science. They are participating in the Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform …

Nineteen people have lost their jobs at the Verso Paper Mill in Escanaba. Company spokeswoman Jackie Pride says the layoffs all came in salaried positions because there was a need to better align the number of people to the needs of the business. She says the laid off employees were …

New legislation would require prison kitchens serviced by private food vendor, Aramark, be inspected by the county or state. Bill sponsor, Representative John Kivela, says routine inspections are required at other food service establishments in Michigan and his measure would mandate the same for prison kitchens. He says it would …

Police in the eastern Upper Peninsula have arrested seventeen people in connection with multiple drug investigations. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team took 16 people into custody on felony drug charges and one other person on a charge of harboring a fugitive. Five of the suspects were charged as habitual offenders. …