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UPDATE: 8:13am 12/23/16 L’Anse area natural gas customers may be without gas service for up two days. Baraga County Emergency Manager Jeff Hubbard says crews are working on restoring service as soon as possible. A warming center is being set up at the Baraga School for area residents. SEMCO will …

Illinois man is injured following a snowmobile accident in Ontonagon County Wednesday. The Ontonagon Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the accident on Trail 12 near the Woodspur Rd. in Ontonagon township shortly before noon. The driver of a 2009 Arctic Cat snowmobile, Michael Faucher of Lemont, Illinois was traveling on Trail …

For the original story and video by ABC-10’s Matt Miller, click here. Including today, there are only three more bell ringing days until Christmas and the Upper Peninsula Salvation Army says they are behind on their fundraising goals. Salvation Army Auxiliary Captain Doug Winters says they are struggling to make …

The Michigan State Police Calumet Post will be getting the services of a new trooper. Alpena resident Michael Oliver is one of 41 new state police troopers who will report to work at various posts across the state on Monday following Wednesday’s graduation from the 131st Trooper Recruit School in …

An ambulance was damaged after hitting a deer early Wednesday morning. The Ontonagon Sheriff’s Office says SONCO South EMT James Hicks was driving the ambulance south on US-45 around 12:30am. About 500 feet north of Three Mile Road, a deer ran directly out in front of the ambulance and was …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. Amanda Hermanson and Lorie Maki, CTE teachers for Health Careers and Certified Nurse Assistant, gave updates to the Board. The teachers informed the Board that their students wrote a grant application …

The city of Hancock says farewell to an employee who has worked for them for over four decades. City Clerk Karen Haischer has retired after nearly 43 years of service, with 35 of those years in the position of clerk and treasurer. In her letter to the city, Haischer says …

Holiday travelers filling their gas tanks are also getting a piece of coal in their stocking. Ron Dewey reports.

A project that would allow drivers to pay the Mackinac Bridge’s toll with a credit card has been seriously delayed. The upgrade has been in the works for about four years. Documents obtained by M-LIVE through the Freedom of Information Act show technical glitches, stalled contract negotiations and a near-six …

A public comment period is open regarding suggestions on what to do about wolves on Isle Royale. The draft Environmental Impact Statement offers four options…the preferred option by the National Park Service being to introduce 20 to 30 wolves to the park over a three year period. Michigan Tech Research …