Nicole Walton

MARINETTE, WI--   A Wausaukee, Wisconsin man is headed to prison for causing the death of an Ishpeming boy in a drunk-driving accident.  

Last October Timothy Christ, 28, was pulling his truck out of a Marinette County bar parking lot when he hit a car in the opposite lane.  Christopher “Bubba” Croley, 13, of Ishpeming was killed in the crash.  His mother and sister were injured. 

MUNISING, MI--   The former principal of Munising Baptist School has waived his arraignment in Alger County Circuit Court on criminal sexual conduct charges.  

Benjamin David Franklin, 35,  was arrested in March and charged with 3rd-degree CSC.  He’s accused of having sexual relations with a 16- to 18-year-old female student. 

Franklin waived his preliminary hearing Monday and was bound over to circuit court. 

TRAVERSE CITY, MI (AP)--   New research finds that Lake Superior's warming water probably already is affecting its most abundant big fish, the cold water-loving siscowet lake trout. 

Increasing water temperatures over the last three decades have made conditions more favorable for chinook salmon, walleye and lean lake trout but less favorable for siscowet lake trout.

The study estimates that fatty siscowets have lost about 20 percent of their historic habitat because of the temperature changes that have already occurred.

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Detroit's Democratic state House Caucus is laying out an effort to change Michigan's auto insurance policies. 

The package of legislation was revealed during a news conference Monday in Detroit. Republicans control the state Legislature.

Under the proposal, insurance companies couldn't use credit history, education or occupation in determining a person's premium. It would also mandate that insurance companies justify any rate increases and ensure that 80 percent of the premiums collected be spent on clients.

MADISON, WI (AP)--   State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a proposal by Governor Scott Walker. 

The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that the fee will generate $6 million over the next two years.

Twelve other states currently impose similar fees but anti-smoking groups including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association oppose them because they argue they are not effective in reducing tobacco use.

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Active-duty military members living in Michigan

can now get annual hunting and fishing licenses for free. 

The Department of Natural Resources announced the new policy Monday. Military members must be on active duty, have a Michigan residence and have maintained their residence status in order to vote or get a driver's license.

Qualified military members can get a free resident military all-species fishing license or any hunting license that doesn't require a lottery.

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Michigan Republicans say they plan to open five regional offices but aren't yet saying where they'll be. 

State Chairman Bobby Schostak says the party also will hire more staff and invest in new technology as part of an effort to improve Republican results in the 2014 elections and beyond.

Schostak tells the Detroit Free Press the GOP also will improved training for staff and volunteers as it rolls out a "refreshed playbook" that the party completed at its meeting in Boyne Falls this month.

DEARBORN, MI (AP)--   AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen about 10 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.88 per gallon. 

The auto club says Monday the average is about 13 cents per gallon more than last year at this time.

Of the cities it surveys, AAA Michigan says the cheapest average price for self-serve unleaded fuel is in the Saginaw and Bay City areas, where it's about $3.83 a gallon. The highest average is in the Marquette area at about $3.95.

Dearborn-based AAA Michigan surveys 2,800 Michigan gas stations daily.

NEGAUNEE, MI--   Bell Hospital is closing its assisted living facility. 

Officials say they’ve received a tentative offer on the Woodland Senior Living Community, which currently accommodates only 13 people.  Bell Vice-President of Organizational Development Ruth Solinski says residents were given a 45-day notice last week, and although the sale is tentative, officials are confident it will go through. 

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Some students will get new Michigan Educational Assessment program math scores after a problem with some questions on the exam. 

The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News report new scores will be for grades 4, 7 and 8, as well as an exam for special education students in grades 3-8.

The tests included questions that state officials had promised schools wouldn't be included.