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Congressman Jack Bergman is calling the findings of no collusion between President Trump and Russia great news for the country. Special Council Robert Mueller released his report Sunday and no further indictments are expected at this time. Bergman said that after “two years and tens of millions of dollars later, …

An Upper Peninsula lawmaker is pushing a bill she sponsored in order to guide sound, long-term mining policy in the state. State Representative Sara Cambensy of Marquette testified Wednesday at a House Committee hearing on her proposed Mining Bill. Cambensy’s House Bill 4227 seeks to strengthen and develop a sustainable …

A bipartisan plan to make state government more accountable to the people of Michigan is being supported by Representative Greg Markkenen. The Hancock Republican said the State House unanimously approved the multi-bill proposal Tuesday, a package he co-sponsored. “A government cannot effectively serve its people unless it is transparent,” Markkanen …

Story originally posted at https://abc10up.com/2019/03/15/marquette-man-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-criminal-sexual-conduct/ MARQUETTE– After a joint investigation by the Northern Michigan University Police Department and the Marquette Police Department, Caleb Scott Anderson of Marquette has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree. According to allegations, Anderson would run up …

March 15, 2019 — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads.             Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 18, weight restrictions will be expanded to cover all state trunkline highways for the entire state of Michigan. State routes typically carry M, …

State Attorney General Dana Nessel has pulled Michigan out of an environmental case seeking to reduce the number of bodies of water protected under the federal Clean Water Act. The lawsuit was originally filed by former State Attorney General Bill Schuette and is an effort to block a joint EPA …

Two men are in custody for allegedly kidnapping a 5-year-old boy in the Eastern UP. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to an address in Whitefish Township Wednesday evening around 7:15 on a report of a domestic dispute involving a stabbing. When they arrived, authorities learned that …

Included in President Trump’s budget proposal is the money needed to construct a new lock in Sault Ste, Marie. Trump has allocated $75.3 million for the new Poe-sized Lock at the Soo, a project approved years ago by Congress but never began. The move was applauded by Congressman Jack Bergman …

Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative would be slashed by 90 percent under the latest budget proposal from the Trump Administration. The Detroit News reports that the Great Lakes reduction is part of a $2.8 billion decrease in proposed funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The cut, part …

One man is dead following a head-on collision in Marquette County. The accident happened just before 4:00pm on Sunday on the 700 block of County Road in Negaunee. The Negaunee Police Department said a 69-year old man was driving eastbound in a yellow 1997 Ford E-350, when it collided with …