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Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will continue early morning work requiring closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock over the next two week...

A Michigan Lottery player is looking forward to a lifetime of cash after winning $25,000 a year for life playing Lucky For Life. A ticket bought at the Corner Store/Bar, located at 213 East Cloverland...

As parts of the Upper Peninsula prepare for the first significant snowfall of the year, and with the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) wants...

The Drug Enforcement Administration, along with its law enforcement partners, has removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA's o...

Northern Michigan University's Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center and Center for Upper Peninsula Studies will present Sonderegger21, a conference about Upper Peninsula historical, cultural, economic and sc...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced 8,078 new positive coronavirus test results and 58 new COVID-related deaths over the two-day period of Thursday and Friday. Sta...

Governor Whitmer today signed House Bill 4087 which will establish an emergency stockpile of medical supplies to prepare for future emergencies. House Bill 4087 will amend the Emergency Management Act...

Eastern U.P. State Sen. Wayne Schmidt was honored as Legislator of the Year by the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance (MTGA) at its annual meeting held virtually on October 28. "Michigan's trails ...

An Alpena County woman couldn't stop shaking after she won $300,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Wild Time Deluxe instant game. The lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought her winning ti...

Bay College recently welcomed Jason Sullivan as the Director of Student Services at the West Campus in Iron Mountain, MI. Sullivan graduated with his Bachelor degree from Finlandia University and his ...