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Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be replacing fiber optic communications cable connectors on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock Nov. 3-10. W...

Help with heating and electric bills, affordable payment plans and self-sufficiency services including: energy education, financial counseling, free home energy score assessments and free solar panel ...

State Rep. Greg Markkanen of Hancock will be hosting the chairman of the Transportation Committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley, in the Copper Country to tour damage from the 2018 Father's Day Flood. The repres...

Today, during a summit of Michigan's tribal leaders, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2019-17. The executive directive reaffirms and extends Michigan's commitment to recognize the ...

Momentum that has been building over the past couple of years to develop Michigan's Iron Belle Trail - The Trail State's roughly 2,000-mile centerpiece trail system - continued to gain steam over the ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced that he successfully secured an additional $9 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) for Fiscal Year 2020. The funding - which is an in...

Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed 18 bills as part of the "Raise the Age" legislative package, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, to raise the age of who is considered an adult un...

The USDA Forest Service welcomes hunters to the Hiawatha National Forest, which provides nearly a million acres of public land for the use and enjoyment of the American people. According to Forest Ser...

Achievement Honor Roll Awards were presented to Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) clients who are exemplary in exceeding their goals for personal success and to community and business partne...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed the state's first ever lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Act as part of a full-court press to stop the predatory prac...