WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as ...

The Michigan House gave the greenlight to Republicans’ $3.1 billion road funding plan Wednesday, voting it through the chamber with the support of several Democrats. But there are potholes in House Republicans’ path to getting a longterm solution to road funding into law, an endeavor ...

NORWAY — Smith Construction of Marquette will continue work on Norway’s ongoing lead water line verification project after the city council accepted the company’s bid of $270,276 Wednesday. The inspections are part of a federal and state mandate requiring all municipalities identify ...

KINGSFORD — Kingsford will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new pavilion at Ford Addition Park on the same day as the annual Ford Addition Fourth of July parade. The pavilion was made possible by donations from Rick and Marty Lagina. The Laginas, stars of the History Channel series ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Great Lakes will see some earlier shipping activity this year as the Soo Locks will open earlier than normal when the Poe Lock opens for the season at 8 a.m. Eastern time today. Normally, the Soo Locks close for the winter months on Jan. 15 and open March 25 for ...

ESCANABA — Readers may have noticed in the paper last week an ad for a lost sock monkey. “HAVE YOU SEEN ME?” reads the text next to a photo of the stuffed animal, which was last seen on March 1 during a Special Olympics basketball tournament at the Escanaba High School. The monkey’s ...