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Copper Country residents who purchased Michigan Fuelwood Permits when they went on sale early in March may be able to purchase an additional permit this year. The permits allow residents to collect up to five cords of firewood from designated state forest land. They usually go on sale April 1st. …

A new program designed to integrate medical services for Michiganders who are qualified for both Medicare and Medicaid will be rolled out first in the Upper Peninsula. Last week, the Michigan Department of Community Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement …

Some of the money the state collected from sales of the “Save Our Lights” specialty vehicle license plates is coming to the Copper Country. The plates raise cash to help preserve historic lighthouses. The Keweenaw Land Trust will receive nearly 20-thousand dollars ($19,970) for work at the Manitou Island Light …

Three Western Upper Peninsula Counties will receive a portion of more than three million dollars coming to Michigan through the U-S Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools Program. Gogebic County will get the largest portion… nearly 457-thousand dollars. Ontonagon County will get more than 448-thousand dollars… and Baraga County will receive …

An historic building at Lake Superior State University may be getting new life. “South Hall” was built in the early 1900s… and was originally part of Fort Brady. It’s been closed for a decade… but University officials say a campaign to raise 12-million dollars to renovate it is going well. …

A new survey indicates that lots of Michigan voters support a proposal to test recipients of public assistance who are suspected of using drugs. More than three-quarters of those asked by Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group said they favor such legislation pending in the Michigan Legislature. M-R-G President Tom Shields told …

This year’s extraordinary winter may have had some bearing on the theme that’s been chosen for next year’s Winter Carnival. “While frozen in the ice and snow, we dream of vacations on which to go” was selected recently from ideas submitted to the Blue Key Society. The society is now …

The Michigan Tech School of Business and Economics has named its Outstanding Man and Woman of the Year. Judy Isaacson is a member of the Applied Portfolio Management Program… which recently won two international competitions. She recently spent a semester studying at London Metropolitan University. Cole Smith is a management …

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wants a quick decision on his appeal of the ruling striking down Michigan’s Constitutional Amendment prohibiting gay marriage. Schuette has asked the U-S Sixth Circuit Court to bypass the initial three-judge panel hearing… and proceed directly to a  hearing in front of all 15 judges. …

U-S Representative Dan Benishek has joined a growing chorus of officials asking the House Appropriations Committee to provide more money to help low-income homeowners pay their heating bills next winter. Funding is provided through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP provided 3.5-billion dollars in assistance to families across …