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Yet another unidentified object passing over the United States has been shot down – and this one was blasted just after it floated over the Upper Peninsula. Pentagon officials said last night that they gave the order to bring down the object while it was still above the eastern U.P. …

Our warmer-than-average winter continues to be reflected in the vast amount of open water on the Great Lakes. The latest report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Lake Superior’s ice cover at just 9 percent. The 50-year average for mid-February is 38 percent. The other Great Lakes are …

A snowmobile crash in Alger County Saturday afternoon critically injured a downstate man. Alger County Sheriff’s deputies were called out just after 4:00. They found a 53-year-old man had failed to make a turn on Trail Seven near County Road 440 northeast of Munising, and hit a tree. He was …

The cost of Michigan’s Recreation Passport will increase March 1st. The annual pass, which allows entry into state parks and recreation areas, will cost Michigan residents $13 for four-wheeled vehicles. The $1 hike is the first in three years. The cost of a pass for motorcycles will increase from $6 …

A northern Indiana man has been killed in a snowmobile crash in the Upper Peninsula’s Luce County. Michigan State Police officials tell us the crash took place around 9 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Devils Hallow Trail and County Road 371, northeast of Seney. Troopers learned that a snowmobile …

The country’s largest collection of Finnish war materials, memorabilia and artifacts will re open to the public soon. The Price of Freedom Museum Jutilia Center took a short hiatus for mid winter festivities and the holidays, but will re open next Monday. Housed on the sixth floor of the Jutilia …

One man was seriously injured last night in an accident with a parked vehicle. At 9:05 last night the Hancock Police Department responded to a personal injury accident near Gino’s Restaurant on Quincy street. A 53 year-old man was traveling west on Quincy Street on an ATV vehicle when he …

Winter Carnival concludes this weekend. Today’s activities include the tug-of-war at the ballfields at 10:00, sleigh rides this afternoon outside the Walker Arts and Humanities Center, and Ice Masses at 5:30 and 10:00 this evening at the St. Albert the Great Ice Chapel. They’ll hold an additional mass tomorrow morning …

The state will provide $100,000 to help restore an historic building in downtown Calumet. Schindler Building (center) The award from the Historic Preservation Office’s Resilient Lakeshore Heritage Grant Program will support stabilization of the historic sandstone building at 425 5th Street, known as the Schindler Building. The building has been …

Explorers have discovered a very old shipwreck in Lake Superior. The remains of the Nucleus were found 600 feet beneath the surface, around 40 miles northwest of Vermilion Point, which is about 10 miles east of Whitefish Point. The Nucleus led a troubled life – it had sunk and been …