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Dial Help has released their quarterly report. From April through June, their Community Impact Crisis Center made contact with just under 800 individuals seeking help. The Prevention and Education Department helped 70 people and an additional 283 people were helped through their Family Support Service, Victim Services and Child Advocacy …

New cases of COVID-19 in multiple Western Upper Peninsula Counties. This from a press release from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. Three new cases in Gogebic County, and 1 new case each for Keweenaw and Houghton Counties. Due to privacy laws, no further information was available but the case …

An Amasa man is dead, after an apparent drowning in southern Baraga County. Michigan State Police troopers found the body of 71-year-old Gary Stroud yesterday afternoon around 2:00 at Ned Lake, south of Nestoria, and just north of the Iron County line. They say it appears that he was tending …

A Marquette man is going to prison for a very long time. Jonathan Collins, 41 will serve the next 324 months behind bars, after he pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of a substance with detectable amounts of methamphetamine. Collins was pulled over in November …

Michigan Tech’s Dean of Engineering, has been initiated as a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education. Janet Callahan, who is also a professor of materials and engineering, said she was pleased and honored to join a distinguished community of ASEE Fellows who support engineering education and have dedicated …

The search for a missing Wisconsin woman continues, this from ABC 10. On Saturday evening, Stephanie Narvaez, of Watertown, WI and Karl Nelson of Milwaukee, WI, were hiking in the Rainbow Falls area, when Narvaez lost her footing attempting to cross the Black River, just above the waterfall. She fell …

The Calumet Public School Library has reopened for everyone, with new safety measures. In line with the governor’s executive order, masks will be required. If you don’t have one, the library can provide one. You’re encouraged to practice social distancing, and use hand sanitizer that’s provided. You’re also asked to …

The long-awaited repaving of L’Anse Avenue is inching closer. At last night’s L’Anse Council meeting, village manager Bob LaFave said the request for bids will be published within the next few days. He’s hoping to have bids to present for council approval at their first meeting in August, with the …

At last night’s Baraga County Board meeting, commissioners voted to renew the county’s membership in the Baraga County Chamber of Commerce. They endorsed a resolution supporting the Line Five Pipeline, with commissioner Dan Robillard the only dissenting vote.

Baraga County Memorial Hospital’s Home Health Care and Durable Medical Equipment Division is moving to the main hospital building. When the hospital relocated to its new facility in 2011, the Home Health Care-DME business remained behind, in a building adjacent to the old hospital. At last night’s Baraga County Board …