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Michigan State Police investigators are asking for help in identifying a body that washed ashore from Lake Superior near Miners Beach in Alger County. The body was discovered by hikers Friday. The beach is located about seven miles northeast of Munising, and is located within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. …

U.S. Forest Service officials say the Summit Lake wildfire in eastern Baraga County has been controlled. Efforts by firefighters to corral the remote blaze were assisted by recent rain and snow. Firefighters have effectively secured the west and southwestern flanks of the fire where the priority has been to protect private …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources receives a nonmetallic mineral lease application for West Branch Township. The Michigan DNR recently received a nonmetallic mineral lease application from the Dickinson County Road Commission for an 80-acre area of Dickinson County near West Branch Township. The state’s resources department will begin to …

Michigan State Police UPSET arrests a Calumet man and Atlantic mine woman in Mackinac County for suspected drug trafficking. Over a several-month investigation, the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team for a 40-year-old man from Calumet distributed methamphetamine in Houghton County. On November 2nd, UPSET detectives, in coordination with MSP Traffic …

Just before the start of the hunting season, the forest will grow quiet. The Michigan DNR reminded hunters on Thursday before the deer firearm season starts next Friday, that the state respects a five-day quiet period from November 10th to the 14th. During the five days, unless hunting small game …

Over the past few years, L’Anse Meadowbrook Arena has had a couple of projects at the facility. But the arena’s largest project just wrapped up in time for open skating and winter activities. The arena’s new boards were funded by a 2022 Michigan DNR recreation passport grant worth 150,000 dollars. …

Veteran’s Day ceremonies create a feeling of pride among the Copper Country’s residents. Honoring veterans throughout the year has created many great events and a feeling of community in the Copper Country. But there’s something special about meeting living veterans in the area at Veteran’s Day ceremonies. On Monday for …

The Michigan Association of Ambulance Services says emergency services to eastern Upper Peninsula prisons could soon become unavailable for unpaid bills by an MDOC health provider. On Thursday the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services announced delinquent payments adding up to 500,000 dollars that were supposed to have been paid by …

As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Lucille C. Geborkoff, 88, a resident of the Arbor Green Senior Living Community and former Baltic resident passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium following a short illness.      As requested, a private family service will …

Copper Shores Bridges Out of Poverty will launch the program in Ontonagon after the start of the new year. In 2025 Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will introduce its Bridges Out of Poverty program to residents in Ontonagon County. The Bridges out of Poverty program works with people to educate …