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The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Primary Elections are this Saturday and the ballot features some familiar names and some new ones. The Baraga District Candidates are incumbents Robert “RD” Curtis and Carole LaPointe, as well as Doreen Blaker, Thomas Chosa, Jr., Alden “Auddie” Connor, Jr., Fred Dakota, Bruce LaPointe, Sr., …

Halloween is tomorrow night and the Michigan State Police want to remind parents and kids to be safe while trick-or-treating. Troopers suggest trick-or-treating as early as possible to avoid walking around at night, making sure kids have a parent with them, and to watch out while walking between parked cars. …

U.P. Health System – Portage will have a new person overseeing their home care and hospice services. Craig Chartier, Director of Home Care and Hospice for UP Health System – Marquette, has been promoted to Regional Director of Home Care and Hospice, effective immediately. UP Health System Market President Jim …

A major interstate cocaine and heroin trafficking operation has an Ishpeming woman facing up to 20 years in federal prison and a possible $1 million fine. 30-year-old Rachel Lynn Hanson admitted her guilt in a cocaine and heroin trafficking ring in U.S. District Court in Marquette. In an agreement with …

Iron Mountain-based BOSS Products is being sold to the Toro Company for $227 million. BOSS designs, manufactures and sells snowplows, salt and sand spreaders, and related parts and accessories, for light and medium duty trucks, ATVs, UTVs and loaders. BOSS sales in 2014 are anticipated to be approximately $125 million. …

Michigan could make voting easier for its residents if it expanded voting options such as “early voting,” according to a new report from Common Cause. Ten states were focused upon in the study. It says many have been behind in implementing recommendations of a presidential commission that had been created …

Michigan retailers are expecting slightly better sales over the 2014 holiday period, compared with last year, based on a new survey from the Michigan Retailers Association. MRA spokesman Tom Scott says their September “Michigan Retail Index” survey found 63-percent of retailers expect better holiday sales than a year ago, with …

Governor Snyder says Michigan’s food and agriculture system has surpassed its economic impact goal of $100 billion. According to an interim estimate by the Michigan State University Product Center, Michigan’s agri-food system has reached a total annual economic impact of $101.2 billion. The study was first conducted in 2006 using …

Good news for drivers who have to deal with the construction work being done on M-26 in Ripley. The Michigan Department of Transportation says the project should be wrapping up this week. Project Engineer Al Anderson talked about the final touches being put on the project. Work to reconstruct the …

The energy crisis is on everyone’s mind in the Copper Country and was the main topic at yesterday’s U.P. Energy Summit at Northern Michigan University. Among the speakers present was Michigan Publice Service Commission Chairman John Quackenbush who spoke about where they currently are in regards to discussions with the …