If you’re a business owner or manager, in all likelihood you have wanted in the past to have had the ability to influence decision makers before decisions are made that impact your business. And why not? Getting perspective from professionals in the trenches makes all the sense in the ...

Although we suspect a lot of people are not going to be happy about it, we support measures working their way through the State Legislature that would allow counties to tighten enforcement of what tobacco products can be sold there. The Senate bills in the Regulatory Affairs Committee would ...

During our morning commute — especially on Wednesday during the winter storm — we couldn’t help but notice that some of our area residents still aren’t following the hands-free law in Michigan. www.michigan.gov states that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bill making it illegal ...

Officials at the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office are reporting a new kind of scam, relatively speaking, that’s hitting the area. Scammers are calling local residents in the guise of legitimate police officers. To make things even more confusing, the phone number called from is often ...

Gasoline prices went up again over the past 7 days, jumping 6.6 cents per gallon. Prices now average $3.61/gallon as of Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 4,913 stations in Michigan. Prices in Michigan are 16.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 10.1 cents per ...

A field study is underway in Alpena County that could potentially impact the Upper Peninsula’s deer herd. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources effort will evaluate the delivery of an oral bovine tuberculosis vaccine for wild deer, according to a DNR press release. Bovine ...