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Great Lake water levels in 2021 are tracking below last year's levels, though Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair and Erie remain well above long-term average levels, according to U.S. Army Cor...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced 2,091 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and seven new deaths. State officials went through death certificates and matched them to previou...

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) today welcomed $4,498,650 in federal funding awarded to the Michigan Technological University for self-driving vehicle research and development....

With COVID-19 restrictions affecting local businesses, the Luce County EDC, in partnership with Helen Newberry Joy Hospital, created a grant program for those most significantly impacted. Together, th...

Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell sharply in January 2021 to 5.7 percent, largely due to significant withdrawal from the state workforce, according to data released today by the Mi...

A Northern Michigan University surgical technology student is missing the winter semester to serve alongside her dad in Washington, D.C. with Marquette's Forward Support Company, 107th Engineer Battal...

Two bills enhancing gun background checks are headed to the Senate after passage by the House. One of the measures expands background checks for all sales or transfers of firearms in the U.S. The seco...

As announced earlier this week, a long-planned major upgrade to Secretary of State technology begins today, meaning a temporary suspension of services including the branch appointment system, public c...

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) again will meet virtually Friday, March 12. The MBA Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. followed by the MBA's reg...

With hundreds of trooper vacancies due to continued attrition, the Michigan State Police (MSP) Recruiting and Selection Section and Training Division remain busy. Wothin the past week, 55 troopers gra...