Pastyfest 2015 has a new logo and a winner of their logo contest. Calumet’s Jake Steinhoff is the award-winning artist this year. The logo will be featured on T-shirts that can be purchased at the Main Street Calumet tent in Agassiz park during the event or through their website. Pastyfest …

Michigan Interfaith Power & Light (Michigan IPL) and Efficiency UNITED are leading Energy-Savings events at two area churches Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24, at 6:30 p.m. Julie Lyons Bricker of Michigan IPL will provide easy, inexpensive tips for homeowners that will help lower their utility bills—often significantly. Representatives …

A pair of regular visitors to the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge have made the trip again this year – and they’re staying to raise their family. Karl Hansen, bridge engineer for the International Bridge Administration (IBA), reported that pair of peregrine falcons have successfully nested atop the bridge between …

A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Manistique has been indicted on charges of mail destruction. According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Sarah Paradise allegedly did not deliver Standard A Mail, which is bulk business mail, in Manistique from March 2013 until early March 2014. The …

Lawmakers in the Michigan House paused during a hectic session day Thursday to remember the victims of a church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. House Speaker Kevin Cotter singled out the church’s pastor, Clementa Pinckney. Nine people were killed in the shooting Wednesday night.

Most bills in a package to create an early warning system for financially distressed schools are headed to the governor. The legislation that creates reporting standards for cash strapped schools is aimed at keeping schools out of emergency management. All but one of the bills cleared the legislature. One was …

The Michigan House and Senate have dropped the hammer on the state’s film incentive program, voting to stop funding it altogether. Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich says the legislation now makes the state’s Film Office barely serviceable. It will be up to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to fund the …

You could soon sip beer or wine from a cup while pedaling your way from stop to stop on a pedal pub in Michigan. The State House approved a bill allowing just that, sending the legislation to the governor. Lawmakers backing the bill are hopeful it’s signed in to law …

The state legislature has passed a budget for the coming fiscal year, and Gov. Rick Snyder has signed it. The budget provides a 1.6 percent increase in state appropriations for Michigan Technological University and sets a 3.2 percent tuition cap for resident undergraduates at all state universities. A preliminary budget …

A few priests are packing their bags and preparing to begin new assignments in the Catholic Diocese of Marquette, while others are receiving their first appointment, and one priest is retiring. Most of the clergy changes and appointments announced by Bishop John F. Doerfler take effect on July 1. Father …