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Let-Run Impact on L’Anse

Officials from the village of L’Anse say the let-run order that started in February had a big impact on the community as a whole. Village Manager Bob LaFave says that just from last month, 13,000 gallons were run which is about 7,000 more than usual. He estimates that between $380 …

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LLH Schools Partner With Gogebic CC

Lake-Linden Hubbell students have a lot to be excited about with the news coming out of this week’s board of education meeting. The board approved for the schools to enter into an Early College Program agreement with Gogebic Community College which will be funded through the state of Michigan. As …

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Guilty Plea for Ojibwa Correctional Murder

An inmate who pleaded guilty to his role in killing an inmate at the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco will spend up to 22 and half years in prison. 25 year old Delorean Henderson was sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court to a minimum of ten years in prison for …

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DNR Senior License Discounts

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is making it easier for Michigan seniors age 65 and older to get a price break on the hunt/fish combo license. The new senior hunt/fish combo license includes a fishing license (good for all legal species), a base hunting license and two deer licenses …

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MI SOS to Visit Houghton

The Copper Country is expecting a special guest today. Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson will be visiting the Houghton branch this morning from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Secretary Johnson will make two other visits in the U.P., one in L’Anse at 10:15 a.m. and the other in Iron …

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Laurium Receives Award of Excellence

The Village of Laurium, along with project partners Michigan Department of Transportation and OHM Advisors, was recently presented with an Award of Excellence by the Michigan Concrete Association for the 2013 reconstruction of the M-26 Granitoid Concrete Pavement on Hecla Street and Third Street in Laurium. The Granitoid pavement in …

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Michigan State Police History Week

If you pass by a Michigan State Police post, be sure to tell them Happy Birthday because this week they are celebrating their 97th birthday. To honor the milestone, Governor Rick Snyder has declared this week Michigan State Police History Week. The MSP’s roots date back to World War One …

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Pulitzer Prize Winner to Speak at MTU

Imagine you are flown in to speak at an event and you just found out you won the Pulitzer prize. That’s what happened yesterday afternoon when Composer John Luther Adams arrived at Houghton County Airport as he received a phone call notifying him that he just won the 2014 Pulitzer …

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DNR Invasive Species as Hogs

The Department of Natural Resources is challenging a ruling that overturned its order declaring certain types of hogs as invasive species, but the department is rescinding a related declaratory ruling officials said has confused the issue. Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Solka had ruled last month that the department’s …

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Trial for Fake Fundraiser

An Ishpeming man will stand trial for running a bogus fundraiser. 40-year-old Scott Martin was bound over to Marquette County Circuit Court for trial last week on a charge of violating the state’s Charitable Solicitation Act. He faces a possible five years in prison if found guilty. Authorities say Martin …

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