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Two more therapy dogs are being integrated into the CLK School District. At last night’s meeting, elementary school principal Matthew Hampton introduced them to the Board of Education… “Cal is a Maltipoo. Right now, he’s only two pounds, and he’ll grow o=up to be about six to eight pounds. Benny …

Millions of dollars has been allocated to help increase access to broadband internet service in the western Upper Peninsula. The Federal Communications Commission says the buildout will provide nearly all recipients with a minimum speed of 100 megabytes per second down and 20 megs up, with 80 percent of customers …

Another participant in last Wednesday’s Michigan House committee election hearing has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Attorney Jenna Ellis sat next to lead Trump Campaign counsel Rudy Giuliani at the four-hour session in Lansing. Neither wore masks. Giuliani has since been hospitalized with the coronavirus. Axios also reports that Ellis …

Flags at Michigan governmental facilities will fly at half staff for the next 10 days. Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave the order to commemorate the more than 10,000 state residents who have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. One out of every 1,000 Michigan citizens has now died from the virus. 5,909 …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Keweenaw Bay Philip Edwin Ryynanen passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at his home in Keweenaw Bay with his family by his side. Philip was born on November 21, 1942, to Edwin and Eva (Saari) Ryynanen in Hancock, MI. …

Yet another lawsuit challenging the result of Michigan’s November election has been thrown out of court.  This suit was filed in Western Michigan U.S. District Court yesterday by Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf and seven Barry County residents who had been nominated to serve as Republican Party presidential electors.  By …

The State of Michigan is sending nearly $2.5 million to help low-income families in the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula pay their home heating bills this winter. The Michigan Energy Assistance Program grant to the Superior Watershed Partnership is funded by a monthly surcharge assessed by participating utilities. …

High school students in Michigan will continue to learn from home until the Christmas break, under the extension of the pandemic order issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services yesterday.  Restrictions on gatherings and restaurant indoor dining will remain in place until at least December 20th. Yesterday, Governor …

Court proceedings are advancing in cases involving alleged sexual abuse by a former Upper Peninsula priest. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office reports that Gary Jacobs will face a pretrial hearing December 18th before Judge Michael Pope in Ontonagon County Circuit Court. Last week, a motion to suppress a confession …

The Michigan House of Representatives will not meet formally today. Members are scrambling to react to the potential exposure to COVID-19 during Rudolph Giuliani’s appearance before a House committee last Wednesday. President Trump’s lead attorney has since been diagnosed with the virus. He spoke for more than four hours, and …