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Michigan has recorded its first death in the widening lung damage problem related to e-cigarette use. For privacy reasons, no information about the victim is being released, other than it was an adult male. Thirty lung injury cases believed to be vaping-related have been reported in Michigan over the past …

Canal View-Houghton County is the only Upper Peninsula facility included among the top nursing homes in Michigan compiled by Newsweek magazine. Canal View finished 12th on the list of 23. Administrator Kim Salmi said they are very proud of their staff, and grateful to the community for continued support. The …

Several Copper Country residents are among the members of the new Committee on Michigan’s Mining Future. The advisory group was recently created by the legislature to recommend changes to state mining policy to help develop the use of natural resources while protecting the environment. As provided in a press release …

Two Houghton men have been ticketed for illegally shooting trumpeter swans. Conservation Officer Cody Smith is pictured with two trumpeter swans poached on Sept. 28, the opening day of waterfowl hunting season in the Upper Peninsula. DNR Photo. Conservation officers Cody Smith and Doug Hermanson went to the Sturgeon River …

A state police trooper working out of the Negaunee post has been honored for saving a life. Trooper Joseph Ballone – photo credit MSP Negaunee Post On March 5th, Joseph Ballone pulled over a woman for speeding. During the stop, she passed out behind the wheel of her car. Unable …

The Copper Country Humane Society will introduce a new fund-raising event Saturday. EchoTrek will take place – rain or shine – from 10:00 until 1:00 on the Walker lawn on the MTU campus. It’s named after Echo… a rescue dog adopted by MTU student and Humane Society volunteer Alec Fisher. …

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock will mark 50 years of ministry with a special celebration following Sunday’s worship. Gloria Dei was formed after the merger of St. Matthew’s Finnish Lutheran Church and Salem Swedish Lutheran Church in 1966. Three years later, they dedicated the Gloria Dei building on West …

Opponents of abortion will form their annual Copper Country Life Chain along M-26 Sunday. Organizer Barbara Mae King tells us it’s part of a national effort… King says the event has drawn as many as three dozen people in some years. The chain will stretch along Memorial Drive from 2:00 …

Officers from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team say they’ve broken up an MDMA distribution ring. MDMA is also known as ecstasy or molly. Detectives raided a home in Kingsford yesterday as part of a multi-state investigation. They seized MDMA tablets, evidence of ongoing MDMA distribution, and also found evidence …

One of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget transfers will continue an ongoing problem in the western Upper Peninsula. At one time, pensions for Michigan Works program state employees were paid for through one of the counties in the various consortia, with money provided by the state. In our six-county consortium, that …