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One Dies in Sagola House Fire

One person is dead following a house fire in Sagola Township. Firefighters were called to the home on highway M-95 between Channing and Sagola just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. They and state police troopers discovered the body inside the building after the blaze was extinguished. Another person escaped from the …

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Skiers Enjoy Maasto Hiihto Glow

The glow was a little different last night, as cross country skiers gathered at the Maasto Hiihto Trail for the annual Luminary Ski. John Diebel from the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club said organizers abandoned real candles, in favor of LED lights… It was the seventh year for the evening-after-Christmas event, …

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DNR Warns of Weak Ice

The warmer than average temperatures we’ve been experiencing have prompted the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to issue a caution about ice conditions. The warning comes after a pickup truck broke through the ice on Big Shag Lake near Gwinn Sunday afternoon, and sank. No one was hurt, but conservation …

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Michigan University Enrollment Declines

Declining enrollments have hit some of Michigan’s public universities hard, although Michigan Tech is holding its own. Figures released by the state and compiled by the MLive website show that the number of students at Michigan’s 15 public universities this past fall were more than 2 percent below 2018, and …

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Dredging at Grand Traverse Harbor – Again

State crews are taking another run at opening up Grand Traverse Harbor, after storms this fall washed more stamp sands into it. Credit: Neil Harri. Dredging operations at the Grand Traverse Harbor in Houghton County are shown. Stamp sands, the gray-black beach sands, are being removed from the beach and …

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Little Brothers Readies Christmas Dinners

Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly will again serve free Christmas dinners for seniors who would otherwise be alone on the holiday. Dinners will be served tomorrow at 2:00 at the Church of the Resurrection in Hancock, Sacred Heart Church in Calumet, St. Ignatius Church in Houghton, the Doelle …

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First Legal U.P. Recreational Marijuana Sale Made

The Upper Peninsula’s first recreational marijuana outlet made its first sales yesterday. The Fire Station in Negaunee was an existing medical marijuana supplier. According to its Facebook site, the company received its recreational license last Tuesday. A small supply of marijuana-based vape cartridges went on sale yesterday, in what the …

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