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The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team continues to battle the region’s drug epidemic but funding will be needed to carry on that fight. Houghton City Police Chief John Donnelly gave an update on the reorganizational effort of UPSET West to the city council at their regular meeting Wednesday. The law …

Recreational marijuana businesses will be prohibited in the city of Houghton under an ordinance passed by the city council Wednesday. A pair of public hearings were held to receive comments on two ordinances–one to essentially opt-out of the portion of the voter-approved law allowing licensed recreational businesses and another assigning …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke directly to Republicans near the conclusion of her first State of the State Address Tuesday, expressing her willingness to work across the aisle on auto insurance reform. Senator Ed McBroom says that acknowledgement is a step in the right direction. “I think that it becomes more …