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Traffic death in Eastern UP

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GERMFASK — A crash involving a dirt bike and a parked pickup truck on M-77 Sunday night resulted in the death of a Germfask man. On June 21, 2026, at approximately 10:50 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police Manistique Outpost responded to a reported traffic crash on M-77 near Grant Road in Germfask Township. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police, the preliminary investigation indicates that a 33-year-old Germfask man was operating a dirt bike on M-77 when he struck a legally parked pickup truck located on the shoulder of the roadway. Despite life-saving ...

Conviction upheld

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ESCANABA — The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied an appeal from a Gladstone man who was arrested and convicted after approaching a traffic stop in 2022 while recording police officers and refusing repeated commands to keep his distance. Garrett Jennings Van Net was found guilty by a ...

Starmer out in UK

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LONDON (AP) — Dutiful rather than dynamic, Keir Starmer was elected Britain’s prime minister to be a safe pair of hands who would end years of political chaos under the Conservatives. Less than two years later, his term is ending after missteps, party infighting and one colossal error of ...

Candidate for change

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Editor's Note: This story was filed early Monday, after an interview Friday with Senator Aric Nesbitt. It details his plans as he campaigns for the Republican nomination for Michigan Governor. However after President Donald Trump John James for Governor, Nesbitt dropped out of the race. "I am ...

Revisiting the past

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ONTONAGON COUNTY – The annual Old Victoria’s Log Cabin Day Heritage Celebration, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. According to the Old Victorian Historic Townsite, the free event includes an open house of the restored miner’s cabins that were originally built in 1899 to house ...

Western Pa. revolutionized energy extraction

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EDITOR’S NOTE: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in ...