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A pair of Veteran Town Halls are being held next month in the Copper Country, and should provide a great forum to get questions answered and to voice concerns. The events will be held on August 16th at the National Guard Readiness Center in Calumet at 1pm and at the …

Exceptional young women from throughout the country are on the campus of Michigan Tech this week to take part in two challenging scholarship programs. Tech’s Summer Youth Program continues with Junior Women in Engineering and the inaugural Women in Automotive Engineering programs. In Women in Automotive Engineering, High School girls …

LANSING, Mich. – The administrative law judge presiding over the case at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that is examining costs to keep the Presque Isle Power Plant (PIPP) in Marquette running today issued a proposal for decision (PFD) that agrees with Michigan that the owner of the PIPP …

A Calumet woman is dead after allegedly being shot by a family member in Laurium Saturday. 32-year-old Christian Paul Kitti was arraigned in 97th District Court on charges of Homicide—Open Murder, punishable by Life in prison, and a felony firearms charge. The charges are in relation to the death of …

A Calumet woman is facing possible OWI charges after a crash early Sunday morning. Around 12:15am, troopers from the Calumet Post responded to a one-car personal injury accident. Police say a 56-year-old woman was driving southbound on US-41 near Haus Street in Kearsarge when her vehicle went off the roadway …

Motorists on M-64 later this week may encounter a bridge project in Ontonagon County. Wednesday through Friday, contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing warranty paint work on the bridge over the Potato River, about 4 miles west of Ontonagon. This work will require lane closures under …

Parents are the best chance kids have to avoid underage drinking. A program by Dial Help, taking place Tuesday, will help parents breach the subject of alcohol with their children. The event is called “Talk—They Hear You”. Here’s Dial Help Prevention Coordinator Kevin Weir. Studies show that ten percent of …

The statement from UPPCO: Shortly after 5 p.m. this evening Upper Peninsula Power Company completed restoration of power.  A few residences are in need of electrical work before power can come back on. UPPCO thanks its customers and the public for their patience as our line crews and other employees …

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 …

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 …