A Battle Creek man has died after being shot with a crossbow in Baraga County. In a release issued Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies say they were called to Baraga County Memorial Hospital on October 6th at 8:30 in the morning. They found 61-year-old Ross Leo Fruin undergoing treatment for the injury. …
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One of the candidates running for Houghton County Clerk is being accused of harassing the other candidate by phone. At last night’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioner Glenn Anderson said Republican Justin Kasieta conspired with a Genesee County man to place the call to incumbent Democrat Jennifer Kelly …
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Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center is the newest Planet M testing facility partner. Planet M is Michigan’s initiative to spur development of autonomous vehicles. The Great Lakes Research Center is the first partner that will focus on marine vehicles. The designation will help bring development grants to the area. …
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A COVID-19 spike at the Marquette Branch Prison has become serious enough that emergency staffers are being brought in. 79 corrections officers have either tested positive, or are being isolated because they’ve been in close contact with someone who is infected, or because they are experiencing symptoms. The Michigan Department …
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The Main Street Calumet Farmers Market held its final summer session last Saturday, but participants aren’t ready to give it up. Organizers are planning to extend the market’s run at an indoor location through December 19th. The market will set up at the Drill House Rink, which is used by …
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The COVID-19 infection rate has slowed in the Keweenaw. The most recent report from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department includes 44 more confirmed positives in the five-county area since the last report was released late Thursday. 21 of those confirmed cases were in Houghton County, which also reported one …
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Northern Michigan University is holding a free juried art competition for Upper Peninsula artists. Between three and five winners will have their work displayed on banners outside the DeVos Art Museum on campus from mid-November through February. Winners will also receive a $250 cash prize. Artists must live and work …
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The People of the Heart Water Walkers are expected to wrap up this year’s water walk today. Small groups of walkers left the Sand Point Lighthouse in Baraga Saturday morning. Carrying a copper vessel filled with water, they traveled to Houghton the first day, from Houghton to Eagle River yesterday, …
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The Houghton County Road Commission is getting more goodies from the federal government than we were first told. A release from Congressman Jack Bergman’s office late last week identified U.S. Department of Agriculture funds that will be used to purchase a quad axle truck, a truck with a water tank …
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Authorities in the eastern Upper Peninsula are trying to track down around 50 men who gathered for a retreat last weekend. A person with an active case of COVID-19 attended the gathering, which took place at the United Methodist Church in Pickford. Others who attended are at risk, but leaders …
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