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Yesterday’s high winds caused problems across the Western Upper Peninsula. A windblown tree partially blocks Golf Course Road in Baraga County. Power outages were reported in a number of locations. At one point, UPPCO reported 4,500 customers without power across its service area, and crews worked through the night. WE …

The L’Anse village council has thrown its support behind an effort to reestablish a presence by the Michigan State Police in Baraga County. The former L’Anse State Police post. There was a post in L’Anse from 1935 through 2011, when budget problems forced the state to shut it down. Last …

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel are scheduled to apply lampricides in several area streams beginning today. In Baraga County, Fossum Creek south of Skanee and the Little Carp River in Baraga Township will be treated. In Houghton County, lampricides will be applied to Dover Creek – also known as …

Finland’s Ambassador, Mikko Hautala will not make it next week during a scheduled visit to the Keweenaw Peninsula. He will be replaced by Ambassador Okko-Pekka Salmimies. Due to rising tensions between Finland and Russia, Hautala will travel to Washington D.C. to meet with U.S. officials. Salmimies will join the other …

Today Adelina Oronova and Nazar Gora will hold another rally of support for their home country, Ukraine. Since Russia’s invasion into their home, Adelina and Nazar, have organized demonstrations in the Copper Country. Today May 9th, is traditionally known as Victory Day for citizens in Russia, in order to mark …

With the ice barely gone from the Portage Canal, the Keweenaw is welcoming its first special maritime visitor of the season. The Sea Change Expeditions boat will be docked for several days near the Houghton Skate Park. Captain Mark Gordon, his wife Katya, and volunteer student crew members sail Lake …

Members of the 88th graduating class of Gogebic Community College received their diplomas Friday night.  At the Lindquist Center in Ironwood, 180 degrees were awarded. Seventy-eight students graduated with honors or high honors. Speaker Marquise Slay recounted how the degree he earned from GCC in 2013 propelled him to a …

Construction work is scheduled to begin Monday on US-41/M-28 in western Marquette County.  Crews will resurface a 3.5-mile stretch from Van Riper State Park most of the way to the M-95 intersection at Koski Corner. The project will cost $1 million, and is expected to be completed by late June. …

Spring street sweeping continues in the city of Houghton. Crews are currently working along M-26. Weather permitting, they plan to begin working in West Houghton neighborhoods May 23rd, move into Central Houghton June 6th, and begin clean-up in East Houghton June 20th. Neighborhoods west of M-26 will be fitted in …

With wildfire danger expected to be high or very high across the Upper Peninsula from now into next week, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks people to take precautions when working and playing outside. “Grass and leaves that were on the ground over the winter are very dry and …