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Gasoline prices fell slightly over the past week. AAA Michigan’s survey placed the average price of a gallon of unleaded regular at $2.60 in the Marquette region. That’s three cents less than a week ago, two cents less than a month ago, and 44 cents less than a year ago. …

A 45-year-old Bruce Crossing man was injured last evening in an ATV rollover. The Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department tells us the man was driving the ATV along M-28 north of Nurkkala Road when sleet impaired his vision. The ATV went up an embankment, and overturned. The driver sought his own …

A 68-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after having been shot by a Michigan State Police trooper. State Police officers and Marquette County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a house on Crusader Street in Gwinn just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon to check the well-being of the man. Troopers say …

Michigan Tech is devoting this week to a celebration of the university’s new College of Computing. President Dr. Richard Koubek says it’s the first such college in the state… The College of Computing will be followed quickly by Tech’s new varsity e-sports program… Today at 11:00, researchers from the Michigan …

Efforts continue in Lansing to restore some of the funding that was cut from the 2019-2020 budget by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean is following two line items… Permanent loss of secondary road patrol funding could lead to layoffs in departments that are already thinly staffed… The …

A Wisconsin man was killed in a single-car crash in Iron County, Michigan, yesterday. State Police troopers say a pickup truck driven by 64-year-old Verne St. Pierre of Phelps veered off Forest Highway 16 near the Smokey Lake Road intersection in Stambaugh Township, and hit several trees. As he was …

Michigan Tech has scheduled Indigenous People’s Day activities over the next several days. Today, the Woodland Singers will perform at noon at the Husky Statue, and there will be a discussion about “American Indian Identity in Contemporary Media” at 6:00 in Fisher 138. Kalvin Hartwig from the Sault Ste. Marie …

A Munising woman was injured in a three-car crash Friday morning on US-41 between Houghton and Chassell. State Police troopers say a northbound vehicle driven by 20-year-old Jake Patchin from Lake Linden was slowing to make a left-hand turn when it was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Laura …

A recent outbreak of pertussis – also known as whooping cough – in the Upper Peninsula has inspired words of caution from the Western U.P. Health Department. Medical Director Dr. Teresa Frankovich says a dozen cases have been confirmed in the past two months, with a total of 25 cases …

Two people were injured yesterday afternoon in a crash between a car and a pickup truck near Dollar Bay. State Police troopers were called to M-26 near the Coal Dock Road intersection shortly after 1:00. They report that the eastbound car apparently crossed into the westbound lane. It collided with …