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Another state is moving to end capacity restrictions amid rapidly loosening COVID-19 restrictions. Connecticut will allow restaurants, bars, gyms, and several other stores return to normal beginning Friday, March 19th. One hundred percent capacity with no qualifications. It is not the first to do so, but it is perhaps more …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department and the Marquette County Health Department are concerned about COVID-19 spread at a Calumet hockey tournament last weekend. Contact tracing has identified multiple people, both participants and spectators, that are now confirmed to have contracted the virus. No exact number has been provided. The …

The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested two men, a 31-year-old from Rockland and a 29-year-old from White Pine, bringing illegal narcotics into the area from Ohio. Michigan State Police – Hometown Security Team conducted the traffic stop on US-45 in Bruce Crossing. Drug canines detected a half pound of …

Doctor Seuss Enterprises, which controls publication rights for the works of the late children’s author, announced earlier this week that six of his books will be retired due to concerns over portrayals of ethnic and minority groups. Keweenaw Report can verify that at least one of those titles, On Beyond …

Democrat and Republican representatives from several Midwest states have introduced a new bill aimed at overhauling ice breaking operations on the Great Lakes in the winter months. The goal is to make commercial shipping viable year-round, but that would require major changes to how the Coast Guard conducts itself.  Currently, …

Michigan was one of many states that implemented a deadly policy forcing COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes and allowing the disease to spread among our most vulnerable population. The state legislature has been investigating that decision since last summer through a newly created panel. Senator Ed McBroom was a …

A recent crash involving a snowmobile and passenger car on Ingot Street has the City of Hancock taking steps to try and keep more accidents from happening. Manager Mary Babcock addressed work being planned by MDOT at a busy crossing on M-203 west of downtown. I did talk to them …

In Wednesday’s Detroit Free Press, it was revealed that the University of Michigan is deactivating the MCards of 375 students, making it impossible for them to enter campus buildings. The school requires regular COVID-19 testing and has systems in place that remind students after three weeks that they need to …

Realtor Kristine Weidner will be named the listing agent for 13 unsold Spruce Haven neighborhood lots in Hancock at Wednesday night’s council meeting. City Manager Mary Babcock says that it will be the first time in six years the properties have been on the market in an official capacity. Twelve …

The UP Health System Regional Blood Center says it is running critically low on certain blood types and is encouraging people to make donations. Donor tech Molly Cline, who works at the Hancock location, lists what is in need. We are short on A-Positive, O-Negative, and A-Negative blood types. She …