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There will be no Upper Peninsula residents on Michigan’s new Independent Redistricting Commission. The 13-member panel was filled today via a random drawing. It includes four Republicans, four Democrats, and five self-described independents. The Republicans are… Douglas Clark, 73: Rochester HillsRhonda Lange, 47: Reed City  Erin Wagner, 54: Charlotte Cynthia …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ annual Fall Surplus Land Auction contains little of interest in the Upper Peninsula. The only parcel in the Copper Country is a small lot on Third Street in Centennial Heights. There’s also a tiny parcel near Watersmeet, and a small landlocked parcel near Germfask. …

The owner of the Houghton Community Broadcasting stations has been elected chair of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Stephen Marks Stephen Marks began his career as a radio copy writer in Maryland at age 17. In 1983, he became co-owner of Thunder Bay Broadcasting, which operates a television station in …

An Ishpeming woman is fortunate to be alive, after she crashed her 2011 Mazda into a rock while driving along County Road 476 in Marquette County’s Tilden Township Saturday night. The car caught fire, and the 47-year-old was trapped inside. State police troopers from the Negaunee post tell us a …

A Manistique man is dead because of a motorcycle crash. State police say 52-year-old Markie Sumter hit a tree along State Road near M-94 in Schoolcraft County’s Hiawatha Township Saturday evening. He was not wearing a helmet, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe alcohol and speed were …

Look for some traffic delays over the next few weeks in Baraga County, as a highway paving project begins today. The Michigan Department of Transportation will mill and resurface US-41 from the Falls River in L’Anse to the Beartown Road/Jurmu Road intersection north of Baraga. M-38 will also be resurfaced …

The Village of Calumet will hold two public hearings Monday night. The session will begin online at 5:30.  The first hearing will address proposed revisions in the village’s zoning ordinance, and will be conducted by the planning commission. See the proposed ordinance here. The second hearing will deal with the …

The Michigan House of Representatives is expected to begin debate this morning on a compromise plan to guide the reopening of Michigan K-12 schools this fall. The bipartisan deal that was worked out Friday between legislative leaders and Governor Gretchen Whitmer overwhelmingly passed the state Senate Saturday. One sticking point …

From Michigan Technological University: Michigan Tech’s Student Development Complex (SDC) will reopen to faculty/staff members as well as current students on Monday, August 17. A team of staff from Recreation has continually updated its reopening plan since the July 13 soft opening to students. The facility is implementing an enhanced …

Updated Monday, August 17: The victim has been identified as Ryan Kohnhorst, of Merrill, Wisconsin. -0- A man has died after apparently falling from the Presque Isle falls in Gogebic County. Around 8:30 Friday evening, a 9-1-1 caller told a state police dispatcher that the man had fallen from the falls …