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SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — Due to heavy rains and storms near the coastal Lake Superior region, the Coast Guard urges all boaters in the Keweenaw Waterway and Portage Lake region to avoid recreating on the water due to significant debris in the waterway caused by recent rain storms. Additionally, …

A local restaurant has caught the attention of the taste buds of a statewide publication. Mlive.com has included La Cantina of Hancock as one of the 10 Best Mexican Restaurants in Michigan. Sampling food at over 300 restaurants in the state, the food tasters visited La Cantina and praised them …

While the cause of a recent fire in Calumet remains under investigation, a relief fund has been organized for a family of six who have been displaced by the blaze. It’s believed that the fire started in a vacant church and quickly spread to the Bain family home on the …

LAURIUM, Mich. – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics has met all criteria for laboratory accreditation by the Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA), a national healthcare accreditation organization. The two-year accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance …

IRON MOUNTAIN – Today, the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center announced that its nursing home received 5-stars as part of its annual performance rating. The Iron Mountain-based VAMC’s announcement comes after VA extended its unprecedented 18-month record of transparency disclosures by making public for the first time its annual nursing …

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved a total of $1.25 million over a five-year period for the Department of Natural Resources to provide up to 75 percent of funding for improvements to partner shooting ranges throughout Michigan. The DNR received these additional federal funds via the Wildlife and …

HOUGHTON and HANCOCK, Mich. —  Parades, music, food, and fun has been the theme of Bridgefest since its beginning in the late 80’s–this year Davis and Davis will bring this weekend to a thrilling conclusion Saturday night. Joshua Davis, finalist from NBC’s “The Voice” will perform before and after the …

June 13,2018 (Marquette, MI) -Can you imagine Pine Mountain Music Festival’s 28th season. An evening party at the Glider Museum in Iron Mountain on June 21 featuring Alma Flamenca dancer and Ralph’s Brass Band followed by a performance of the Bergonzi String Quartet. The following evening, in Marquette “A Touch …

On June 12 and 13, a professional tree service company removed hazardous trees and their stumps, and trimmed other trees in the area around Keweenaw National Historical Park Headquarters. The work was the culmination of an assessment of the trees that took place in 2017. Last fall, a professional arborist …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division officials said today the state’s wolf population has remained relatively stable over the past four wolf surveys, the most recent of which occurred this past winter. DNR wildlife biologists estimate there was a minimum of 662 wolves found among 139 packs across the …