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Lawmakers in the Michigan House have narrowly approved a plan to set reading benchmarks for third graders in the state and mandate they be held back a grade if they aren’t reading at grade level by the time they reach the fourth grade. The bill was changed on the House …

There has been another sighting of a cougar in the Upper Peninsula. That brings the number of sightings in the U.P. since 2008, to 31. The most recent report was in mid-September in Dickinson County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. (FILE PHOTO) They say there is no …

Folks in the South are going to have a wet winter. But you can expect drier conditions in the Great Lakes. Federal forecasters announced one of the strongest El Niños on record will bring rain and cooler temperatures to southern states. Most of the western and northern states will be …