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Fatal Shooting In Chippewa County

Police are investigating a shooting that took place over the weekend in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post responded to a report of a shooting Saturday around 4pm. The incident happened at a rental cabin in Trout Lake in Chippewa County. One …

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GRACE Program Web App To Launch Thursday

A web app will be launched this week–the culmination of a summer’s worth of work by local students. The students have spent the summer mapping the Village of Calumet, Calumet Township, and the Village of Laurium, as part of the GRACE program, which stands for GIS Resources and Applications for …

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Wells Fargo Donates $75,000 To Flood With Love

[Hancock, MI], July xx, 2017 – The Portage Health Foundation has expressed its commitment to a $3.8 million dollar initiative – Flood with Love – to get flood victims back into clean, safe living environments. The foundation is pleased to announce a partnership with Wells Fargo on these efforts, including …

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Superior AmeriCorps Continues To Receive Funding

[HOUGHTON, MI August 8, 2017—] BHK Child Development Center, the fiscal agency for Superior AmeriCorps, was awarded another three years of funding to continue running the local AmeriCorps program. Superior AmeriCorps first received funding in 1997, and has been in continuous operation since then. It is one of the longest standing …

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New Hunting Regulations Approved To Slow CWD Spread

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is looking to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease with a new series of deer hunting regulations. The action came after months of commission members and Department of Natural Resources staff hearing from hunters, residents and others interested in the long-term health of the …

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UP Man Hit By Cement Truck

A Marquette County man is recovering after being hit by a cement truck Thursday. Troopers from the Negaunee State Police Post responded to the accident around 10am on M-95 near Witch Lake in Republic Township. 49-year-old Dean Lindblom of Quinnesec was walking along the road when he was struck by …

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UPSET Detectives Arrest Suspected Meth Dealer

A suspected crystal meth dealer is under arrest in Iron County. On Wednesday, detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at a residence on Oswald Street in the village of Crystal Falls. Over 40 grams of crystal meth as well as evidence of drug distribution …

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