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MDOT looks for volunteer “Road Watchers” in U.P. Fast facts: – For the second year, MDOT is seeking “Road Watchers” to report on winter highway conditions in the Upper Peninsula. – Volunteers will be surveyed about highway conditions following winter storms. – Comments gathered will be used to improve winter …

[Hancock, MI] Dial Help, Inc., the oldest and only crisis intervention center in the Upper Peninsula, was recently awarded $43,000 from the Portage Health Foundation to offer additional comprehensive services. Dial Help applied for funding under the PHFoundation’s mental and behavioral health RFP. The foundation recognizes the gap in services …

State Senator Tom Casperson hopes to go from a seat on a logging truck to a seat in Congress. For 27 years, Casperson worked in the logging business. The former state rep, now state senator, is aiming even higher, for Washington D.C. Casperson is the first Republican to announce his …

Those thin mints you love so much will cost you a little more this year. The Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes have decided to raise the price of all Girl Scout cookies from $3.50 to $4 a box. This is the first increase in over seven years and …

The contract for the new Ishpeming Public Schools Superintendent is approved. At a brief special meeting Monday night, the Board of Education approved the contract for outgoing L’Anse Area Schools Superintendent Carrie Meyer to take over the position. No questions or concerns were raised. The Ishpeming Board of Education were …

The contract for the new Ishpeming Public Schools Superintendent is approved. At a brief special meeting Monday night, the Board of Education approved the contract for outgoing L’Anse Area Schools Superintendent Carrie Meyer to take over the position. No questions or concerns were raised. The Ishpeming Board of Education were …

A new study of state ethics and transparency laws and safeguards, shows Michigan tied for dead last. The Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity study say Michigan is last because of a weak public records law, and an absence of laws requiring personal financial disclosures by top elected and …

Most Michigan voters don’t think licensed gun owners should be allowed to open carry in gun free zones. The poll by Lansing-based Epic-MRA found 69-percent oppose the open carry of a pistol in a school, college, university, daycare or early childhood center. All are gun free areas under Michigan law. …

Most Michigan voters don’t think licensed gun owners should be allowed to open carry in gun free zones. The poll by Lansing-based Epic-MRA found 69-percent oppose the open carry of a pistol in a school, college, university, daycare or early childhood center. All are gun free areas under Michigan law. …

The gales of November will be remembered Tuesday on this the 40th anniversary of the last major shipwreck on the Great Lakes. It was November 10, 1975 that the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a Lake Superior storm, with the loss of its crew of 29. The ship was fully-loaded …