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LAURIUM–One woman is dead and one man is in custody after an incident Saturday night in the Village of Laurium. Just after 11:45 p.m., officers with the Laurium Police Department were dispatched to the 100 block of Florida Street. When police arrived, they found a 44-year-old woman dead in the …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. MLB The Detroit Tigers’ game against the Chicago White Sox was suspended after eight innings with the score tied 3-3 last night. The game started late because of rain, and was delayed again for more than an hour after the second …

Power has been restored to all but one of six Michigan state parks in the Upper Peninsula that had been without electric service since Thursday morning. A complex of thunderstorms rumbled through the Upper Peninsula early Thursday from Minnesota, toppling trees, downing electric lines and knocking out service for utility …

Marquette – As of 10 a.m. Saturday, here is the latest update regarding Thursday’s storm that brought high winds and lightning, resulting in outages impacting numerous Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) customers: An estimated 100 customers remain without power in certain areas located within Houghton and Ontonagon counties. Hardest hit …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. MLB The Detroit Tigers scored three runs in the seventh inning, and came from behind to defeat the Chicago White Sox 7-5 Friday night. Miguel Cabrera’s bases-loaded single drove in the two winning runs. Detroit starter Michael Fulmer had an off-night, giving up …

Wyndeth Davis, a 27-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the Superintendent of Keweenaw National Historical Park. Davis is currently the Associate Manager for Interpretive Planning at the NPS Harpers Ferry Design Center in West Virginia. She begins the new assignment on September 4, 2016. …

Winters in the Copper Country bring a lot of snow, and just clearing a driveway can be a challenge. But what if your driveway was 6500 feet like the runway at the Houghton County Memorial Airport? Airport Manager Dennis Hext said, “If the snow is real heavy and wet, and …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources crews are continuing to assess and clear damage from a complex of thunderstorms that slashed through the western Upper Peninsula early today, felling countless trees and downing power lines. Staff at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township said the storms pushed into the …

A Copper Country resident is once again getting tapped by Governor Rick Snyder for a state board. Julie Sprenger of Laurium has been reappointed by the governor to the Michigan Travel Commission, along with Lawrence Schuler of St. Joseph and Jerome Toney of Howell, according to an announcement released Thursday. …

Many residents are still without power this morning. However, there are far fewer that the roughly 26,000 customers that were without power after early morning storms blew through the Western U.P. on Thursday. Winds in excess of 60 miles an hour were reported and some parts saw more than two …