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We are critically short of several blood types in the Upper Peninsula. The U.P. Regional Blood Center has issued a call for O negative, A negative, and B positive blood. You can donate at the Blood Center’s office in the Quincy Centre in Hancock. Call 483-1392 to set an appointment. …

We still have a lot of winter to get through, but organizers of the 2020 Bridgefest Celebration are already well into the planning stages. Bridgefest is now run by the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, which just unveiled a new website for the popular summer festival. Tara Arens of the …

The Calumet woman who was arrested on drug charges Friday has been identified. 57-year-old Charlissa Janeski was arraigned yesterday in 97th District Court on one count of delivery or manufacturing of methamphetamine, and one count of delivery or manufacturing a controlled substance. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team …

Applications are being accepted for the Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program. The Artist-in-Residence Program is open to artists and artisans whose work can be influenced by the unique wilderness setting of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.  Each year a number of artists are selected for residencies lasting a minimum of two …

A public forum on a potential nickname change for the Marquette High School sports teams drew 60 speakers, and lasted three hours last night. The Redmen and Redettes names were inspired in the early 20th century by the crimson sweater worn by a district superintendent who had graduated from Yale …

It’s looking more and more as if one of Heikinpäivä’s most popular events will be missing from the schedule again this year. David Maki from the Finnish Theme Committee says they haven’t been able to find a group to organize the Polar Bear Dive. There’s more to making it happen …

A second Upper Peninsula church is moving into a building formerly occupied by a big box retailer. Late last year, Evangel Church in Houghton took over the former Shopko location. Now, Northiron Church of Ishpeming has announced plans to purchase the former JC Penney building at the Westwood Mall in …

The political jockeying around who’ll become the next U.S. District Attorney for our area continues. President Donald Trump had nominated Tom Leonard for the Michigan Western District job last fall. Leonard is a Republican, and is a former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. He narrowly lost the 2018 …

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson wants to add a third gender option to Michigan’s driver’s licenses. 13 other states have already added a gender-neutral choice to their IDs. Groups representing the LBGT community have been requesting the change since shortly after Benson was elected. Benson has made changes to …

A 19-year-old Greenland man was arrested yesterday morning after a property damage accident. Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jason Clinesmith told us the man drove his vehicle into a ditch in Greenland Township around 10:00. He left the scene, but was picked up a short time later. He faces charges …