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Munson Healthcare officials hosted a groundbreaking event and turned shovels Thursday afternoon on a project that will replace Munson’s current NICU, which will operate until construction is complete.

After a series of snow storms and historic floods earlier this year, northern Michigan has seen the wettest winter and spring on record.

The bills were met with swift backlash from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at a recent hearing in the Michigan House of Representatives.

The yellow perch population in the Saginaw Bay has been consistently decreasing since the late 1980s. They've fallen victim to intense predation from the booming walleye population.

The Alpena High School Underwater Research Robotics team will be heading to Canada for the MATE worlds championship at the end of June.

Just in time for Memorial Day, lawmakers side with the tourist hotspot in its war with ferry operators. Mackinaw City and St. Ignace oppose the move.

The Lake Carriers Association said in a report that it lost 82 shipping days this year because the US Coast Guard failed to break enough ice. Despite repeated attempts, Congress hasn’t invested in a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes.

Emergency personnel were deployed to a Coast Guard Station in Essexville, Michigan following reports of a possible sinkhole. The cause of the situation is unknown and is currently undergoing investigation.

The latest forest health highlights report published by Michigan's Department of Natural Resources states the forests are in overall good health.

Six years after historic flooding caused by the failure of the Edenville, Sanford, Smallwood and Secord Dams devastated parts of Midland and Gladwin Counties, the Sanford Dam and it's lake are almost fully restored.