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A Traverse City produce distributor has recalled a big bunch of apples. North Bay produce says 2,297 cases and two bulk bins may have been contaminated by listeria. No illnesses have been reported, and the recall is voluntary. North Bay says the products include McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Jonathan, Fuji, Jonamac and …

The Village of L’Anse’s community solar power array is now online. Village manager Bob LaFave told the council last night that more than 90 percent the panels have been purchased… Investors will begin to see credits on their November electrical bills.  LaFave also told the council that work has wrapped …

Dial Help’s Teen Outreach Program is expanding its after-school activities this year. After a pilot program for high schoolers went well last year, it will also be offered to middle school students. Known as the TOP club, it meets weekly at selected schools, but Prevention Coordinator Chris Schuldt says it’s …

A Champion woman is headed to prison for cyberstalking. 56-year-old Theresa Louise Harris was convicted of harassing her former boyfriend, and his friends and members of his family in the Marquette area. From 2014 through August of last year, she hacked into cell phone accounts, sent fake emails and texts, …

Gasoline prices in Michigan tumbled by 14 cents per gallon over the past week. The statewide average is at $2.49 for a gallon of unleaded. Prices are higher in most of the Upper Peninsula. AAA Michigan pegged the average price in the Marquette market at $2.54 yesterday… seven cents less …

Former Michigan State University president Lou Anna Simon will face a criminal trial over her role in the Dr. Larry Nassar case. Simon is accused of lying to investigators who were looking into charges that Nassar sexually assaulted hundreds of young women he treated while working as a sports physician …

Population projections for Michigan released recently by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget don’t bode well for the Upper Peninsula. On the whole, Michigan’s population is expected to grow by about a half-million people over the next decade. Much of that gain will be focused in the Ann Arbor …

The budget impasse continues in Lansing. Crucial programs for schools, law enforcement, hospitals and other issues remain unfunded following the line item vetoes issued by Governor Getchen Whitmer and the transfers made by the state administrative board. Republicans say they’re willing to negotiate… but they want a commitment from Whitmer, …

Good weather bolstered the attendance at a number of Halloween-themed events in the Copper Country Saturday. At Treat Street on Shelden Avenue, Houghton city councilor Robert Magowen said they had a record turnout… This year, businesses and organizations from outside downtown Houghton were invited to set up along the sidewalks… …

A woman died yesterday morning in a mobile home fire in Gwinn. A Marquette County Sheriff’s Department release said the trailer was fully involved when Sands Township firefighters arrived on the scene around 9:00. Rescuers could not enter. The body was found later, in the wreckage. No identification has been …