The woman accused of stealing money from Manistique's Woodland Meadows Assisted Living facility was in court on Wednesday. 39-year-old Jana Chaperon of Rapid River arrested last month on charges of embezzeling between 50-and-100 thousand dollars, and using a computer to...

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People with complicated health problems can get advice from specialists at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic without leaving the Upper Peninsula. A relationship has been established between OSF Medical Group and the Mayo Clinic, where patients can come to Saint Francis Hospital in Escanaba and...

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There's federal money on the way to help several Upper Peninsula Native American tribes to help with their housing needs. Locally, the Hannahville Housing Authority will receive 167-thousand dollars and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will get 1-point-7 million dollars. In the...

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A federal appeals court has put a hold on regulations aimed at reducing haze over national parks and wilderness areas from taconite plants in Michigan and Minnesota. The stay was sought by Cliffs Natural Resources, which operates three taconite plants in Minnesota in addition to...

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The Obama Administration has approved Michigan's request for disaster relief in 16 counties, including six here in the Upper Peninsula. This is from the severe flooding that occurred this spring, and it will allow people in the effected areas to receive several forms of federal help....

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Governor Rick Snyder does not approve of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's plan to move its casino from Chocolay Township to the former Marquette County Airport site in Negaunee Township. Instead, the governor wants to negotiate concessions from the KBIC....

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The Michigan DNR is upgrading its license sales system. Officials say that the upgrades will streamline the buying process, letting you get a license in fewer clicks on the Internet. These improvements will also be available for clerks in the various stores that sell licenses...

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An Upper Peninsula business will be featured on national television this summer. Van Aire Incorporated of Gladstone will appear on the "21st Century Business" television series, which runs on various cable television networks…and on DirectTV and Dish Network. Van Aire's segment...

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The Escanaba City Council will hold a special meeting next Monday morning to discuss how to fill the vacancy on the council after the death of Councilman Brady Nelson. Nelson died last weekend, and his term runs through the end of 20-15. The meeting on the issue will be held...

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It was quite a mess near the Marquette Lowes Store Monday as three cars collided there at about 11:00 in the morning. Marquette County Sheriffs Deputies say that a 21-year-old Escanaba man pulled his vehicle out of the Lowe's parking lot into the path of a car driven...

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Escanaba City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Brady Nelson has died after a battle with cancer. He was elected to the City Council in 2007, and then was re-elected in 2011. Nelson was a Manistique native, and besides his political work, he has also been a substitute teacher in....

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A teenager was killed in a traffic accident in Alger County on Sunday. Sheriff's Deputies say that 17-year-old Shawn Hill of Munising was driving on M-94 in AuTrain Township at about 5:30 Sunday afternoon when he lost control of his car and went off the highway. The vehicle crashed....

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Police in Chocolay Township are looking for a hit-and-run driver. Officers say that the driver of a white Buick LaSabre crossed the white line of US-41 and crashed into a woman who was riding her bicycle there. She was not seriously hurt, but police are asking for your help in finding...

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An argument between two men at an Iron Mountain flea market got out of hand on Saturday. Michigan State Police say that one man assaulted the other with a knife at the flea market on US-2 near Wally's Auto Salvage. The unidentified suspect was taken to the Dickinson County Jail. No word on any serious injuries to the victim.

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The Michigan Mental Health and Wellness Commission will hold a public hearing Monday morning in Marquette. Dave Nyberg is the director of Governor Snyder's Northern Michigan office. He says that Monday's hearing is open to the public, and it will be held from 10 until noon at...

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It's becoming a summertime tradition for kids in Escanaba: the arrival of the Missoula Children's Theatre from Montana. Kathryn Morski from the Bonafis Art Center says the staff are in town from Montana and are ready to audition the kids for a spot in "The Secret Garden". The auditions run...

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A home was destroyed by fire this weekend in Delta County. Escanaba Public Safety says the blaze started just before midnight Friday night/Saturday morning in the 6600 block of "N" Road in Wells Township. It was a home with a garage attached, and when fire crews...

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The Rapid River boating access site will be closed down on Monday for repairs. Jeff Kakuk is with the Michigan DNR, and he says that a new concrete boat ramp will be installed there to make the site more user-friendly for boat trailers. The project is expected to take about two...

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There will soon be a new option for people who want to fly from the Upper Peninsula to Lansing. "Up North Airways" will officially launch its service on Monday, with on-demand service between Iron Mountain's Ford Airport and Lansing. The hope is to expand that service in the...

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The National Defense Authorization Act was approved late Thursday in the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is chaired by Michigan Senator Carl Levin. Included is $17 million to build a new barracks at Camp Grayling in northern lower Michigan, and $1.8 billion for...

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That controversial nickel and copper mine in northern Marquette County is being sold before any minerals have even come out of the ground. Rio Tinto is selling the "Eagle Project" to Lundin Mining out of Toronto, Canada, for $325 million. Paul Conibear is the president and CEO at Lundin....

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A big weekend of off-road racing is planned this weekend in Bark River. The racing has been expanded to three days this year, starting with PRO-only racing Friday night. There will be Pro Buggy, Light Truck, 2-Wheel Drive Truck, and 4-by-4 truck racing. The Main Event is set for Saturday and Sunday....

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Those Pilt Payments are on the way from Washington. That's the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program, which sends federal money to local governments to make up for the fact that locals cannot collect taxes on federally-owned land within their borders. Twelve of the Upper Peninsula's 15 counties will receive...

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Interviews with 80 Delta County residents that were recorded decades ago are now available on a web site through the Bay College Library. Technician Chelsea Dalgord says that these interviews are first-hand accounts of what life was like in Delta County going back to the early 1900's....

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A Florida company is buying Pioneer Surgical Technology of Marquette for $130 million. RTI Biologics made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference in Florida. RTI's president and CEO is Brian Hutchinson. He says they've been looking to buy the Marquette company for about a year....

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Michigan Senator Carl Levin is offering an alternative to U.P. Congressman Dan Benishek's bill, which would have removed from the military chain of command the power to prosecute sexual assaults between service members. Instead, Levin's proposal would require an independent review...

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An Iron River man escaped from an Iron County Sheriffs Deputy Tuesday as he was being transported for medical treatment. The 22-year-old suspect ran away from the deputy and tried to swim away through Ice Lake. He couldn't make it, so he swam back to shore and started to...

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U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow have joined Governor Rick Snyder is asking for federal aid for areas of the state impacted by spring flooding. Six U.P. counties are included in the aid request…Marquette, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon....

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A northern Wisconsin Indian tribe wants to end exploratory drilling for a new iron ore mine in that state. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa asked the Wisconsin DNR to halt the drilling. But the agency says it doesn't plan to reverse its decision allowing the eight....

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If you're going to cruise around with stolen stuff in your car, better wear your seatbelt. That's the story out of Iron River. State Police say they made a seat belt stop in Iron River on Monday, and the trooper noticed some items in the vehicle that matched the description of property stolen from....

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A 28-year-old Rapid River man is in jail for what State Police call "terroristic threats and attempted manufacturing of explosive devices." The as-yet unidentified suspect was arrested Friday night without incident, according to troopers. They say the suspect is a convicted felon...

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The U-S Fish and Wildlife Service plans to take its battle against sea lamphrey to Schoolcraft and Mackinac Counties this month. Technicians will be dumping chemicals in Lake Michigan off-shore from the Manistique River in an effort to kill the lamphrey larvae that are burrowed into the...

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An unidentified man is in jail after a high speed chase that saw speeds nearing 150 miles per hour. The 16-mile chase Friday night lasted only eight minutes but involved police from both Wisconsin and Michigan. The Florence County, Wisconsin sheriff says it began in his county when...

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Governor Rick Snyder signed nine bills into law on Thursday that offer tax incentives for private landowners to join the state's Qualified Forest Program. Upper Peninsula State Senator Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) sponsored several portions of the legislation. He says the tax break...

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Lock your doors! And don't keep money and valuables in plain sight inside your cars! That's the word from the Ishpeming Police Department as the agency looks for a stolen vehicle. They'd like your help in finding a tan-colored 1996 Ford Explorer, which was stolen from the 100 block...

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It won't cost you anything to drop a line in any Michigan lake, river or stream this weekend. It's Michigan's annual "Free Fishing Weekend", and you can go fishing without a license both Saturday and Sunday. The state DNR says that you will still have to have a "Recreation Passport" to go fishing...

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Upper Peninsula State Senator Tom Casperson has introduced legislation that would help people who lose their homes in wildfires, floods, or other natural disasters. When the landowner rebuilds after the disaster, and the home is a better one than was lost, that person gets socked...

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The Marquette Area Public Schools have a new superintendent. Bill Saunders will take over on July 1st, replacing Deb Veight, who will become the superintendent of the Marquette Alger Regional Educational Services Agency. Saunders has been the principal at the Bothwell Middle School. The....

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A garage exploded into flames Wednesday morning in Negaunee. Negaunee firefighters say the call came in at just before 4 in the morning at 327 Cherry Street. When crews got there, the garage was fully-engulfed in flames, and fire was so hot that it blew out the windows of the...

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Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation Wednesday that he says will cut down on the fraudulent use of Bridge Cards….Michigan's food program for the poor. The legislation requires the Department of Human Services to check prison records and deactivate Bridge Cards...

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The State of Michigan is already thinking about the Christmas holidays. The state is now taking nominations for the 2013 Michigan Christmas Tree, which will be put onto the lawn of the State Capitol this November. The Michigan Association of Timbermen is working with the...

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An Upper Peninsula man has been sentenced to 14 months in a federal prison for assaulting a federal officer. 51-year-old Lorne Lyons of Brimley was given his prison sentence Wednesday in Marquette federal court. Lyons is the man who sent text messages to his estranged wife....

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says that it is looking into a partnership with American Transmission Company that would allow the company to put its transmission line alongside the Escanaba-to-Hermansville rail-trail. In exchange for that agreement, ATC would help the DNR with...

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The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee calls sexual assault a "plague and a stain" on the U.S. military. Opening a hearing on Tuesday, Michigan Senator Carl Levin said a culture change is needed in the armed forces. Lawmakers are working on legislation aimed at....

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A Gladstone road is scheduled to be closed on Wednesdsay. 29th Street…also known as County Road 420…will be closed for most of the day because construction crews will be installing new water and sewer lines to the new Escanaba Township Fire station near the Fernwood....

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Construction work is under way at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital, and that means a change for patients who usually enter the building off of Harrie Street. The main entrance to the hospital on Harrie Street is now blocked off, so you will need to use the temporary entrance near...

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An arrest has been made in connection with the traffic crash that killed an elderly Escanaba couple back in March. Gladstone Public Safety says that 24-year-old Harley Derocher of Gwinn has been charged with six felony counts from the March 20th accident. Derocher was driving...

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Hundreds of trees are dying in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, thanks to the beech bark disease. Bruce Leutcher is the Chief of Science and Natural Resources at Pictured Rocks. He says that these dead or dying trees are a major safety concern, so starting next Monday, they will be cutting...

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Police in Iron County think they know who broke into the Northland Marathon gas station in Caspian back in March. Sheriffs Deputies on Monday arrested 23-year-old Iron River resident Kyle Remer and charged him with breaking and entering, and larceny of a building. Both are...

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The Symetra Tour ladies golf tournament is set for later this month at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. And as part of the event, young kids have a chance to learn the game of golf from these professionals. Kids aged 10-to-14 can sign up for one of two clinics that will be....

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Upper Peninsula Catholic Social Services has a new executive director. Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Rambo of Marquette has been appointed to the position, and he will officially take over on August 19th. He has 23 years of military service, including four different combat missions. He works...

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The American Civil Liberties Union wants the village of Mackinac Island to repeal an ordinance that makes it illegal for people to distribute leaflets in all public places on the island. This after the liberal group "Progress Michigan" tried to pass out flyers that protested school vouchers...

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The state transportation department is kicking off a few more road projects this week. Starting Monday, a big job begins on M-28 in Chippewa County. The eleven miles of highway between M-123 and M-221 will completely demolished and the concrete will be replaced and resurfaced. There will also...

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The governor of Illinois says that he is open to the idea of having a new barrier built in the Chicago area to keep the Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan. Pat Quinn, talking with reporters on Mackinac Island over the weekend, said that the ultimate solution is to somehow change the configuration....

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It was one year ago that the Duck Lake wildfire raged through Luce and Chippewa Counties, scorching more than 21-thousand acres of land. Now, it's time for rebirth in those areas. The Arbor Day Foundation and the Michigan DNR have teamed up to plant about 1.3 million jack pine...

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Hundreds of car enthusiasts will be in Escanaba this weekend for the annual Fun Run Car Show, put on by the Krusin Klassics car club. It all starts with a parade through downtown Escanaba Friday evening. Terry Belongie is helping to organize the event, which is in its 28th year. She...

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A Dickinson County man died Wednesday after a freak accident in Norway Township. Michigan State Police say that 71-year-old Melvin Miner was riding on a lawn mower when it slid over the banks of the Menominee River and flipped over. Miner was trapped under the machine in...

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There's good news for Upper Peninsula bats. So far, the white nose syndrome has not effected the bat population here. That fungus has killed more than six million bats in 22 states. It gets into the bodies of bats that are hibernating in caves, forcing them to burn through the energy reserves...

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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette was in Escanaba Wednesday to take part in an event put on by the Delta County Chamber of Commerce. While in town, Schuette talked about the federal health care reform act, which he has filed three lawsuits against. Many parts of the...

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Legislation has been introduced in Lansing that would create an economic stimulus zone in the Upper Peninsula, similar to five other "zones" that have been set up to spur business development in Lower Michigan. State representatives Ed McBroom and John Kivela say that their legislation...

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Tamarack trees are under attack across the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan DNR says the Eastern Larch Beetle has been an epidemic for more than a decade, but the current infestation is getting worse. These beetles only attack tamarack trees, and they get in under the...

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The Escanaba Public Library is planning to take a little of the city's history into the modern age. Escanaba Library Director Carolyn Stacey says that the city's old newspapers from 1869 to 1926 will be digitized, and then put onto a special website, so everybody can read those papers without having...

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The Symetra Tour ladies golf tournament is now one month away, and tickets have gone on sale for the three-day event. It will feature some of the best young golfers in the world, competing for $115,000 in prize money at the Island Resort and Casino's Sweetgrass Golf Course. Tickets....

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An Escanaba High School senior has won the First Congressional District art contest, which featured works from dozens of students from across the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Michigan. Joani Stacey won the contest with her 20-inch-by-26-inch photographic print that....

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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is scheduled to speak at an event Wednesday afternoon in Escanaba. The event is sponsored by the Delta County Chamber of Commerce, and will see Schuette cover a wide variety of topics….from how the health care reform act will be...

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Now that the Memorial Day weekend is over, the state transportation department is ready to get some road projects under way. A big one starts Wednesday on US-2 and 41 between Escanaba and Bark River, where just under twelve miles of highway will be resurfaced. That project is...

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The start of June is just a few days away, but seasonal weight and speed restrictions are still in place for several Upper Peninsula counties. Those restrictions on truckers remain in effect on Marquette, Baraga, Ontonagon, Houghton, and Keweeenaw Counties. In Marquette County, there will be a partial....

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The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing next Tuesday on the problem of sexual assaults in the military. The committee is chaired by Michigan Senator Carl Levin, who is calling in several generals and admirals, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to testify...

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The City of Marquette has dozens of bikes that the police department is trying to get rid of. They're holding their annual silent-bid bike auction Wednesday to try to clear out the storage facility, which gets filled up every year with bikes that get turned in or are part of various investigations....

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Three tickets matched all of the numbers in this weekend's Powerball lottery game, sharing the $50 million top prize.

Those tickets were sold in Delaware, Florida, and Louisiana. Here in Michigan, one ticket matched five number but not the Powerball, and is worth....

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Someone broke into several homes along the Upper Peninsula-Wisconsin border over the weekend. The Iron County Sheriff says that four "seasonal" homes were broken into in the Smokey Lake area of Stambaugh Township, and two of the homes were damaged in the break-ins. Then...

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The Memorial Day holiday is about more than just barbeques, camping, and fishing. It's to remember those men and women who gave their lives to keep our country free. Veterans groups are holding ceremonies across the Upper Peninsula, many of them in cemeteries. One of the largest ceremonies in...

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It was Media Day Thursday for the Symetra Tour, as some of the ladies who will take part in the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass next month came to town. Stephanie Kenoyer is from south Florida and she will compete here for the third straight year. She says that the....

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As the debate continues over whether we should have a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula, the state DNR is reporting that another dog has been killed by a wolf in the Copper Country. This dog was found dead inside a fenced yard near the town of Atlantic Mine on Thursday. It's the third dog to be found...

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Anyone who traveled to the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula in 2009 remembers the detour that was set up as the state replaced the decks on the US-2 bridge over the Cut River in Mackinac County. Well, get ready to go down that narrow detour route again this summer. The...

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Six people have been arrested on drugs charges in Iron River. Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team detectives went to a home on Tenth Avenue in Iron River Tuesday night and found four grams of heroin, marijuana, illegal mushrooms, and illegal prescription drugs. The owner…

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A Wisconsin man has been arrested and arraigned on charges that he broke into…and stole money from...two Subway restaurants in Escanaba. 51-year-old Brook Grzelak was arrested in Waupun, Wisconsin, and was brought back to Michigan under an extradition warrant on...

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The State Board of Canvassers has approved the petition signatures that were collected by animal rights groups to have a referendum on wolf hunting on the November, 2014 ballot. The 255,000 signatures were certified by the board on Wednesday. That means that the wolf hunt that is scheduled...

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An Upper Peninsula woman won $250,000 in last Friday's Mega Millions lottery. Paulette Lightfoot of Sault Ste. Marie says she was disappointed at first because she had asked her husband to buy a ticket for the huge Powerball jackpot that night…and he bought a ticket for the wrong...

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Marquette County will be doing an inventory of all of the "brownfield" sites in the county, and will be using a federal grant to do the assessment. The EPA approved $400,000 for the project. Marquette County Treasurer Anne Giroux is a member of the Marquette County Brownfield Authority. She says the goal...

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An inmate at the Schoolcraft County Jail walked away from his community service pass Monday night, but found a few hours later. Sheriff John Norrington says that he and the courts approved the pass for the 25-year-old man to attend a counseling session at a Manistique church. Deputies were notified...

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A fire investigation turned into a drug bust for Hannahville Tribal Police and the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team. The structure fire happened on tribal lands along Casino Lane Sunday night. The UPSET team found meth components near the fire, including four pop bottles....

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Upper Peninsula Congressman Dan Benishek says it is still taking too long for the Veterans Administration to approve benefits for our nation's veterans. So Benishek is introducing legislation that would make it easier for supervisors within the V-A to fire employees when they don't...

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Some anxious moments Monday night for Manistique firefighters. They were called out to 69-96-W Smith Lake Drive in Manistique Township just after ten o'clock. On arrival, they found a large fire burning next to a 500-pound propane tank. They managed to get the gas shut off and the fire...

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A two-year old Kingsford boy is hospitalized after falling from a second story window. Kingsford Public Safety says the child was leaning against the screen of an open window when the screen gave way and the child fell to the lawn below. The incident happened Monday afternoon...

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Charges have been filed against a Marquette woman who crashed into two parked cars last Friday in downtown Marquette. The accident happened at just before 5:00 Friday afternoon in the 2-hundred block of West Washington Street. Marquette Police say that Ariel Williamson was charged...

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Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski is coming to the Upper Peninsula. Keselowski…and his Number Two Miller Lite Ford Fusion "Blue Deuce" car…will be in Saint Ignace next Wednesday, May 29th, and everyone is invited to attend a public event that night. It will be held at the...

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A Michigan state trooper from the Gladstone post has become certified as a member of the State Police Underwater Recovery Unit. Trooper Shawn Reynolds graduated from the four-week, 160-hourlong training program on Friday…along with five other men from Lower Michigan....

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Grant money has been approved for several Upper Peninsula projects designed to help deer find enough food to eat in the spring and fall months. The 50-thousand dollars comes from the state's Deer Habitat Improvement Initiative. The Alger and Schoolcraft chapters of U-P Whitetails, and the Alger...

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Free hunting and fishing licenses are now available for all active-duty military members in Michigan. To qualify, a person has to have been a Michigan resident at the time of enlistment. They have to show proof of military status when applying for the free license…and any license that...

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A Rapid River woman was charged Wednesday with stealing money from an assisted living facility. Michigan State Police say that 39 year-old Jana Chaperon was the director of the Woodland Meadows Assisted Living Facility, which was owned by Manistique's Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital. Detectives....

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Two people have been arrested in Delta County's Wells Township on assault charges. Michigan State Police say a 31-year-old Escanaba man and a 23-year-old Escanaba man beat up a 41-year-old Bark River man at about 1:00 Monday afternoon. The victim was treated for head injuries at Saint Francis Hospital and....

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