Keweenaw Report Your Source for Local News and Sports

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is expanding its efforts in the multi-billion dollar defense and homeland security economy in Michigan. Sean Carlson, vice president of the Michigan Defense Center, part of the MEDC, says over 4,000 Michigan companies are defense and aerospace contractors. Carlson says that over 80-percent of Michigan’s …

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood affecting more than 7 million children. But are those numbers higher than they need to be? Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has more.

Controversy over Ford’s announcement that it will build a new $1.6 billion assembly plant in Mexico rages on. UAW President Dennis Williams calls the decision “a disappointment and very troubling” and says it will cost jobs. Ford President of the Americas Joe Hinrichs disagrees.