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Sweetening the U.P.

IRON MOUNTAIN — Heather Nelson recently quit her job to devote herself to her real passion: her bakery business, U.P. Sweets LLC. "I took a gamble, leaving my full-time job to make this my full-time job," Nelson said. She previously worked at Bellin Health and was a certified nursing ...

Michigan’s free community college shuts out rural universities, they want in

A high school graduate living in the Upper Peninsula may consider enrolling at a community college but the drive across the vast, rural region may stop them: Depending on where they live, it could be a several-hour roundtrip commute. That's one reason why Northern Michigan University, Lake Superior State University and Michigan Technological University have for decades granted scores of associate degrees and skills certificates to students. Ferris State University, in rural west Michigan about a two-hour roundtrip drive from the nearest community college, has also offered associate ...

Bills could control how ‘surveillance pricing’ impacts what you pay for products

LANSING – Concern over the implications of how people’s online activity impacts what they pay for products and services is prompting lawmakers to consider limiting businesses’ ability to use consumers’ personal data to determine their prices. The proposed law addresses surveillance pricing – the practice of companies leveraging such data, including the history of customers’ online browsing and their location and shopping patterns – to set prices for individual customers. The practice raises questions about consumer privacy and economic fairness, said Kyle Zawacki, the ...

Trick or treat!

ESCANABA -- Communities throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northeast Wisconsin have set their Halloween trick-or-treating hours for today. Here's a look at when residents can expect to hear trick-or-treaters knocking on their doors: BARK RIVER Residential trick-or-treating in ...

Three arrested, meth seized in UPSET investigation

MACKINAC COUNTY — Three people were arrested and approximately a quarter-pound of methamphetamine was seized following a months-long investigation by the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET). David Archambeau, 36, and Pamela Archambeau, 32, from Naubinway and Allysin ...