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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is investigating two separate wolf poaching cases in the Upper Peninsula. One occured near the Mackinac-Luce county line close to M-117 southwest of Newberry. The dead wolf was found in Mackinac County’s Lakefield Township November 26. Conservation officers say the wolf had been killed at …

From David  Maki at the Finnish-American Reporter HANCOCK, Mich. — Having grown up on the family farm in Pelkie, Michigan and living in that community of mostly Finnish immigrants for most of his life, Reuben Niemistö was an ideal candidate to join the board of the Hanka Finnish Farm Homestead …

Tonight at the Calumet Theater, the Grand Raffle will be taking place where one person will be going home with a lot of money. The prize money is $34,000 with $20,000 for the first prize winner. Executive Director Laura Miller says each year the raffle continues its success. This year, …

The Michigan legislature has moved one step closer in gathering funds to fix the roads. The Michigan House has passed a road funding plan that phases out the sales tax on gasoline and replaces it with a wholesale tax on gas. The Republican backed plan, that cleared the lower-chamber last …

The House Transportation and Infrstructure Committee has made an amendment to a bill that will dramatically change how road funding in Michigan is distributed. Representative Scott Dianda offered the amendment, which would increase the amount of Michigan Transportation Fund revenues that local governments receive from the state. Dianda’s plan would …

The deadline to submit an application for the Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is today. The council includes approximately 20 members, each residing within the 10 western Upper Peninsula counties. Council members represent a wide variety of natural resource and recreation stakeholder groups and are chosen based on a …

The names have been released of the four men facing drug charges after a number of U.P.S.E.T. investigations in Iron County. 26-year-old Justin Gollakner, 27-year-old Tyler Christensen, 28-year-old Corey Knepp and 23-year-old Dijon Carter are all charged with various delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance charges, including heroin and morphine. Knepp …

Some Michigan bars would be allowed to stay open later on weekends, under legislation approved by the state Senate. Just hours after being reported out of a Senate committee, the upper-chamber passed a bill that would allow establishments licensed to sell alcohol in central business districts to stay open until …

Police have released two surveillance photos of suspects who might be involved in a string of auto repair shop break-ins in Houghton County. Over two dozen auto repair shops throughout the county have agreed to combine resources and offer a reward worth $12,250 for information leading to the arrest and …

A creditors meeting was held yesterday in Marquette at U.S. District Bankruptcy Court for a land-holding company involving the founders of one the largest construction companies in the Upper Peninsula. At issue is one of 33 limited liability corporations formed by the founders of the Moyle Construction Company in Houghton …