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Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is taking some flak for teaching a class at the University of California at Berkeley this fall dealing with job creation. Granholm’s special topics class description says it will focus on “creating jobs through better government policies for innovation and education.” Critics note that Michigan’s …

Several hundred people are expected to stretch their legs in the annual Portage Health Labor Day Bridge Walk this morning. Free registration begins at 8:15 at Kestner Waterfront Park in Houghton. The walk steps off at 8:30. Angela Luskin from Portage Health says its a non-competitive, fun activity… The route …

Hundreds of Michigan Tech students and their family members made the walk from campus to downtown Houghton Saturday during this year’s Afternoon on the Town. The students talked with representatives from fraternities and sororities, campus organizations, community service agencies, and local businesses. Houghton Business Development Director Susie Landers says it’s …

A man who went missing near Rabbitt Bay over the weekend was found, and is safe. Michigan State Police troopers from the Calumet Post began the search for 35-year-old Isaac Uno Laplander around 6:30 Saturday evening, after he left a home on Rabbit Beach Road Friday night, and did not …

After a soggy start on Friday and Saturday, the sun shone on the Ontonagon Labor Day Festival parade yesterday. Officials from Highland Copper Company were honored as the grand marshals. Highland is pursuing new copper mining operations at White Pine, and at the Copperwood Project, about 18 miles southwest of …

Law enforcement authorities in Minnesota are continuing their investigation into the death of an Upper Peninsula man. 21-year-old Chaz Michael Havenor was shot by two officers from the police department in Ramsey, Minnesota, about 30 miles north of Minneapolis. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the Ramsey officers approached …

Stepped up holiday weekend traffic enforcement on Michigan’s highways will continue until midnight tonight. Michigan State Police and many local law enforcement agencies will be fielding extra patrols. The focus is pulling over drunk drivers, those driving dangerously, and those not wearing seatbelts. Last year, nine fatal traffic crashes killed …

Minimum wage employees in Michigan get a raise today. The revision in the state’s wage laws that was signed into law this spring mandates that hourly wage workers begin receiving $8.15 per hour, beginning today. Employees who earn tips must now be paid at least $3.10 per hour. Employers must …

The sale of the Upper Peninsula Power Company announced in January has been completed. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners has bought UPPCO for nearly $300 million from Integrys Energy Group. State and federal regulators have approved the sale. UPPCO general manager Keith Moyle will remain with the company as chief operating …

A major local construction project will hault its work in an effort to ease travel during the holiday weekend. The Michigan Department of Transportation says starting today at 3 p.m., work on M-26 near Ripley will have two lanes open between the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Dollar Bay with …