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Maybe you’ll have a little more spending money for your holiday shopping now that you don’t have to put so much in your tank. Gas prices now average the lowest of the year in Michigan, and AAA says motorists should see additional discounts this week. The price of crude has …

IRON MOUNTAIN – Veterans and their families are invited to upcoming Veteran Town Halls in Copper Country and Ontonagon County November 27 and 28. The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will be hosting town halls at VFW Post 6165 in South Range at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 27, …

By HOLLY VAUGHN Michigan Department of Natural Resources It’s time to pull your favorite stretchy pants out of the back of the closet and get the TV ready to watch parades and football games. Thanksgiving Day is almost here, and with that comes delicious food, time with family and friends and …

Marquette, MI – SAIL, Disability Network of the U.P., has been awarded a three year grant totaling $654,000 to improve its cultural competency within the five tribal communities across the U.P. SAIL seeks to improve their understanding of needs of Native Americans living with a disability and to improve access …

Marquette, MI November 20, 2018 –Range Bank is pleased to announce the opening of their 12th branch and first full-service location in Wisconsin. The new office will be located at 2403 South Oneida Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin and is scheduled to open in mid-January 2019. In 2016, Range Bank …

November 20, 2018 — Due to toll software issues, automated lanes at the International Bridge toll plaza will be closed until further notice. A disruption in the toll software vendor computer network is preventing customer transactions from being communicated to the toll booths. Customers should rest assured that all transactions are …

Gladstone, MI — Did you know a small experimental research forest lies within Hiawatha National Forest? Since the 1920s, US Forest Service (USFS) researchers have been perfecting northern hardwoods management techniques based on experiments conducted within the Dukes Experimental Forest. “Silviculture is the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, …

Applications are now being accepted for the Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program for 2019 spring, summer and fall and 2020 winter residencies. The program is open to artists and artisans whose work can be influenced by the unique northern wilderness setting of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The program offers writers, …

If you look up the hill from Houghton or Hancock, you’ll notice a lot of heavy machinery climbing the snow covered mountain. “We’re getting ready for opening. We’re going to open December 1st. We’ve got 25 guns and we’re pumping out of the canal and making, I would say, the …

DETROIT— U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, Detroit District, announces a contract option award to dredge stamp sands in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula between Gay, Michigan and the Grand Traverse Harbor. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, provided USACE with an additional $946,000 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, …