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Michigan’s unemployment rate in February was the lowest for the state since October 2001. According to the Department of Technology, Management & Budget, the jobless rate fell by four-tenths of a percentage point last month to 5.9 percent. Total employment increased by 13,000 in February, while the number of unemployed …

Four Upper Peninsula counties are losing population while one Copper Country county is showing growth. A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau says Wayne County experienced the largest decline in the U.S. in terms of number of residents, between 2013 and 2014. In Wayne county, the population declined by …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. Finlandia Adds Fuller The Finlandia University men’s basketball team picked up a new member yesterday. Sault Ste. Marie’s Terrance Fuller will join the Lions next season. Fuller was a U.P. Class A-B-C second team selection last year. This year, he led the …