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HANCOCK — The Hancock Public Schools Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday and appointed two board members and one community leader to the new District Library Planning Committee. Board Secretary Emilie Lancour and Trustee Taylor Paul accepted the nominations for appointment. ...

Welcomed news

ATLANTIC MINE — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) announced Tuesday it was awarding $825,000 to the Western U.P. Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) to continue efforts at funding recycling initiatives in the area. These projects include a drop-off ...

Man pleads in teen drowning

MARINETTE, Wis. — A Marinette man accused of homicide in the drowning of a 13-year-old boy pleaded not guilty by mental disease or defect Tuesday in the Marinette County Circuit Court. Tylor Robert Birch, 22, appeared before Judge James A. Morrison to enter the plea. Birch is charged with ...

Senate primary heats up

Editor's note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. SALINE TOWNSHIP — Standing in front of a controversial data center project Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has championed, Democratic US ...

A fitting farewell

COPPER HARBOR – After 45 years years, Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery reenactment and living history group will visit the Fort Wilkins for last time this weekend, according to DNR Michigan History Center Historian Barry James said. The battery will encamp this weekend, today, ...

Three more years

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Technological University Board of trustees has extended President Richard Koubek's contract by three years. Meeting in regular session Thursday, the board approved Koubek’s thru the end of the 2030-2031 school year. At the meeting the board also approved tenure, ...