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Additional information has been released about the death of an 18-year-old L’Anse man in a single-car crash late last week. Virgil Mongozid was reported missing Thursday. After searching through the weekend, his pickup truck was found by Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Police Sunday afternoon in a wooded area off …

Drivers are needed to help transport local veterans to appointments at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain. Officials at the Center say there is a critical lack of drivers in Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga Counties.  It’s a volunteer job, with no pay. Chief of Voluntary Services …

The L’Anse Marina will get a new floating dock – but not until late next summer. At last night’s meeting, village council members accepted a $97,423 bid from Floatation Docking Systems of Cedarville to build the structure, which will replace the nearly 30-year-old dock presently in place. Half of the …

Upper Peninsula legislators are unhappy with the State Historic Preservation Office and the State Historic Preservation Review Board.  Yesterday, the board determined that land along the Menominee River near the site of a proposed mine in Menominee County should be added to the federal registry of historic places.  The move …

The body of a missing L’Anse man was discovered yesterday in Baraga County. On Thursday, Northern Michigan University public safety officers contacted the Baraga County Sheriff’s Department and KBIC Tribal police about the well-being of 18-year-old Vergil Mongozid.  Mongozid had allegedly been involved in some kind of incident at NMU …

An Ontonagon man was killed in a traffic crash late Thursday night.  Sheriff’s deputies report that 33-year-old Brennan Sharlow was a passenger in a vehicle that veered off Norwich Road south of Domitrovich Road, skidded 400 feet through a ditch, and hit a tree. Sharlow was killed. The driver suffered …

Gas prices have taken an upward spike in the Copper Country, and across the state. AAA Michigan reports that the current price for a gallon of unleaded regular in the Marquette area has risen to $4.09. That’s 33 cents higher than last week. The statewide average is at $3.97 per …

The investigation continues into a death threat against Democratic First District U.S. House of Representatives candidate Dr. Bob Lorinser.  The threat was received by the Lorinser campaign via text message Thursday, in response to an invitation to a campaign appearance in Elk Rapids. It stated exactly when and where the …

State Representative Greg Markkanen has officially proposed that the Upper Peninsula be given its own Natural Resources Commission… We just feel that the NRC from downstate, coming from Ann Arbor, Detroit, are just totally out of touch with what’s going on across the U.P. Markkanen says the idea has been …

State Representative Greg Markkanen is proposing that Michigan change its official state bird… The robin is a wonderful bird, don’t get me wrong, but the Kirtland warbler is unique to Michigan. Kirtland’s warbler was listed as an endangered species in 1967, after being driven nearly to extinction because of reduced …