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Editorial

State: Take care on roads as crashes, injuries, costs climb

Michigan officials are cautioning drivers to slow down and pay attention while on the roads after seeing crashes and serious injuries rise in the state and nationally in 2021. Despite reduced driving during the pandemic, law enforcement across the country and in Michigan are reporting ...

Music on Third about to kick off new season in Marquette

The good times are about ready to roll on North Third Street in the city of Marquette. That’s because Music On Third is about to kick off another summer of music along the popular roadway. An eclectic mix of local musicians will play along the sidewalks of Third Street in downtown ...

Pictured Rocks Days a great way to spend a day

One of the biggest events of summer returns after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today and Sunday, Pictured Rocks Days returns at Binsfeld Bayshore Park in Munising. It attracted thousands and thousands of people right from its inception. Pictured Rocks Cruises once again ...

Northern Agility 22-1 a unique happening in area

The Munising area and Sawyer International Airport will look a little different later this month. The Michigan Air National Guard announced that on June 27-29, it will partner with Air Force Special Operations Command, the Michigan Department of Transportation and local agencies to host ...

Rural broadband moves are net positive

The world hurtles forward at high speeds, leaving too many rural Michigan families behind. Some will be able to catch up by way of the Affordable Connectivity Program, a federal initiative to credit families $30 toward their internet bills if they make 200% of the federal poverty level or ...

Auto industry future is state of Michigan’s to lose

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg likely didn’t drive on Michigan’s “damn roads: to get to the Detroit Regional Chamber’s policy conference this week, hosted at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. If he had, he would notice the reality here doesn’t always match the ...