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The Houghton County Fair has announced this year’s board members. The Board’s Annual meeting was held recently and elected Rick Freeman, Jack Dunstan, Taana Kalliainen and newcomer Kyle Maki each to three year terms.   2017’s Fair season brought nearly 23,000 in attendance over the four days, a relatively low …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is encouraging people to get out of the house and enjoy the outdoors. The DNR is offering a couple of free winter programs at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park including a Lantern Lit ski and Snowshoe Trail and a guided Snowshoe Hike. The lit …

A familiar gas station chain with many stores across the UP is changing ownership. Holiday Stationstores Inc. has officially been acquired by one of the largest company-owned convenience store operators in the world. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. finalized the purchase of the Holiday gas station chain on December 22nd, as approved by …

The city of Marquette is mourning the loss of Major Tom Baldini who has passed away as the result of a stroke he endured over the weekend. Baldini was a pillar in the community both for Marquette and the Upper Peninsula and has held many public offices including a U.S. …

The Village of Calumet has passed a resolution condemning a group of protestors who recently held a gathering to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the village councils decision to not act on Michigans new medical marijuana law, forcing two dispensaries in the village limits to close up shop.   Protesters gathered …

  Motorist who use the state park system will soon have an additional fee, if they choose not to purchase the state recreation passport at the time that they renew their license plate.       Starting at the beginning of the year the DNR will be charging a five …

  The Portage Health Foundation is announcing its most recent request for proposal (RFP’s).    The Foundation’s mission is to support the charitable health needs of the community through enhanced philanthropy and community collaboration.   A total of $300,000.00 has been released for this round of funding to support the …

Money that was illegally collected from public school employees by the state between 2010 and 2012 will be returned to local school districts next month. State officials say it will be included in the state aid payments that will be transferred to school districts on January 22nd. The mandatory three …

Proponents of reforming Michigan’s legislative redistricting procedure have moved forward in two arenas. On Friday, a group of  Michigan Democrats and the League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit in federal court in Detroit. They claim the most recent legislative boundaries intentionally broke up large blocks of Democrats, and attaching …

The State of Michigan is reporting progress in clearing the Flint public water system of the lead contamination that made national headlines two years ago. The Department of Environmental Quality’s latest tests at schools, day care and elder care facilities found that only 1.5 percent were still above the federal maximum …