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Seven area residents have earned bachelor's degrees from Lake Superior State University (LSSU). Graduates achieved their degrees through LSSU's Escanaba/Iron Mountain Regional Center which offers bacc...

A special state parks centennial edition of Michigan Operation Freedom Outdoors' annual David Pollie Classic essay contest, sponsored by the Wendell and Doris Rogers Foundation, is now open for entrie...

At 12:21 hours on 09/15/2019 Central Dispatch in Negaunee alerted the City of Ishpeming Fire Department to a structure fire at 721 Duncan Street in the City of Ishpeming. Upon arrival Firefighters fou...

Hiawatha National Forest Supervisor Cid Morgan and Alger County Commission Chairperson Jerry Doucette announced today that the U.S. Forest Service and Alger County have finalized a land exchange that ...

U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that GS Engineering, Inc. ("GSE"), a defense contractor in Houghton, Michigan, along with GSE's president and GSE's former bookkeeper, will pay a total of $1...

As part of a catch-and-immediate-release season, anglers can target lake sturgeon at three Michigan waterbodies. These new opportunities come courtesy of a regulation change approved at Thursday's mee...

Do you miss going to the drive-in? Do you dream of watching a movie under a moonlit night sky? On Thursday, September 19th, Bay College's Bay Film Series will be hosting an outdoor showing of the cult...

Activities such as prescribed burns, timber harvests and tree thinning all are planned regularly to help keep Michigan's 4 million acres of state forest thriving. The DNR finalizes plans for managemen...

The next meeting of the Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force will be Friday, Sept. 20, at Finlandia University in Hancock. The meeting is open to the public and will provide an opportunity for U.P. resid...

The Governing Institute named the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's Central Procurement Services best in the nation in a triennial review of state government purchasing operations rele...