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The first signs of winter have arrived and the Michigan Department of Transportation has begun preparing for maintenance projects. However, MDOT is still looking for volunteer Road Watchers to give feedback on how well MDOT crews are maintaining highways in the Upper Peninsula this winter. MDOT’s Superior Region is recruiting …

Michigan Tech is looking for a new provost and vice president for academic affairs. A website for the search has been launched, and the job description has been posted. The provost and vice president for academic affairs is the chief academic officer of the University, responsible for all of Michigan …

The time for campaigning, TV ads and yard signs is over. Today is the midterm elections and there isn’t a shortage of races in the state of Michigan and the Copper Country. There are two races for Houghton County Commissioner seats: in District 1, Eugene Londo will go up against …

The City of Hancock has a new police chief. Wayne Butler has been chosen to take over for the retiring Micheal Beaudoin, who served on the department for 38 years, including 26 as Chief of the Police Department. Butler, a Bruce Crossing native, began his career in Morrow, Georgia in …

November is National Hospice Month and today, U.P. Health System Portage Hospice is honoring hospice patients with their annual Bells for Hospice event this afternoon at 2 o’clock at their main campus in Hancock. Pastor David Weber from St. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Houghton will be performing a …

After five years of legal wrangling, a drug kingpin pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Marquette. It closes the door on one of the largest marijuana smuggling cases in Upper Peninsula history. 47-year-old Pedro Kobasic of Chicago – who has several aliases – entered federal court yesterday under …

The owner of the Eagle Mine in Marquette County says early production is meeting expectations. Lundin Mining’s third-quarter corporate report indicates that 72-thousand (metric) tonnes of ore has been removed. That has produced about three-thousand (metric) tonnes of nickel concentrate, and one-thousand (metric) tonnes of copper concentrate. The first rail …

Former State Senator and longtime Mackinac Bridge administrator Walter North has died. North served the 37th District… including the eastern Upper Peninsula and the northern part of the Lower Peninsula… from 1994 through 2002. North spent the first part of his life in the Battle Creek area, before relocating to …

If it seems like Christmas is coming earlier this year, at least in the minds of retailers, you are right. Halloween is now over, and Thanksgiving is still a month away but you’re already seeing decorations and merchandise for Christmas across Michigan, which signal the start of another holiday shopping …

Winter weather conditions are already upon us and the state of Michigan wants to remind residents to get ready by means of an annual event that begins this week. Winter Hazards Awareness Week lasts from November 2nd through the 8th. Matt Zika from the National Weather Service says many U.P. …