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It’s expected that homicides in Detroit will be down for the third straight year. Unofficial police statistics show there were 295 people killed in the city in 2015, compared to 300 in 2014. The Detroit News reports that the reduction comes despite a December spike in killings. Thirty-eight homicides were …

The Michigan State Waterways Commission has begun to replace the docks at Fayette State Park’s Snail Shell Harbor in the Upper Peninsula. Jim Hansen of Escanaba who chairs the commission’s facilities committee says the $3.1 million project will construct 500 feet of dockage and install electrical hookups. The project had …

Two dozen new recruits began the Department of Natural Resources’ conservation officer training academy over the weekend. The school started Sunday and runs for 22 weeks, including 14 weeks of basic police training and eight weeks of more specialized training. Following graduation, they will then need to complete 18 weeks …