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At the inaugural Hancock Snow Sculpting Invitational yesterday, Hancock DDA Coordinator Todd Gast handed the $1,500 first place check to Sculptora Borealis. https://youtu.be/2PDypM76qUM Team USA took ...

An Iron River man is heading to prison for drug trafficking. In U.S. District Court late last week, 45-year-old Matthew Joseph Sheehan was sentenced to an 84-month term. He pleaded guilty in October t...

The United States Postal Service's Iron Mountain Processing and Distribution Center will remain in operation - for now. U.S. Senator Gary Peters says he was informed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy ...

New rules for minimum-wage and tipped workers are now in effect in Michigan. On Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed compromise legislation that ended a battle that began with a 2018 ballot propos...

Michigan's statewide high school graduation rate reached a record high last year. Data compiled by the Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information shows the 4-year graduation rate for ...

Communities across the western Upper Peninsula are reaffirming their support for continued development for Highland Copper's Copperwood Mine. A joint release from Highland Copper and InvestUP notes th...

Michigan State Police troopers are continuing their investigation into what they believe was an arson and suicide in the eastern Upper Peninsula. Officers from the St. Ignace post called to a home in ...

Room and board rates at Michigan Tech are expected to go up next year. The university's Board of Trustees will consider the new rate schedule at its meeting this morning. The administration is proposi...

The region's first snow sculpting competition will begin this afternoon. The Hancock Snow Sculpting Invitational will be held at Quincy Green. Hancock DDA coordinator Todd Gast says we were fortunate ...

State Rep. Greg Markkanen is hailing the legislative compromises reached this week on pay for tipped workers and sick time for all employees. The minimum hourly wage for tipped workers will remain at ...