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Outdoors North: John Pepin

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“I got a peaceful easy feeling, and I know you won’t let me down, ‘cuz I’m already standing on the ground,” – Jack Tempchin Hikes and other adventures in nature are often based on exploration and discovery. Finding, researching, visiting, seeing, experiencing and enjoying new ...

Whitmer backs federal gas tax holiday

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Editors Note:This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.” LANSING — With Michigan motorists facing some of the highest fuel prices in the nation, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is backing calls to ...

Still closed

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KEWEENAW COUNTY – Brockway Mountain Drive remains closed to vehicle traffic, the Keweenaw County Road Commission announced Thursday morning, adding the popular scenic drive will remain closed indefinitely. The KCRC says because of the severity of the winter, an excessive number of trees were ...

Invention Convention

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BARAGA — Two students from Phillip Latendresse Elementary School in Baraga have qualified invited to participate in the Invention Convention National Competition next month in downstate Dearborn. Adelyn Wilson and Allie Johnston’s project, “Magic Footsteps,” was presented in the state ...

Raising concerns

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HOUGHTON — Police responded to a two-vehicle accident on the US-41/M-26 exchange Thursday morning. There was property damage from a rear-end collision but no injuries, police said. Colloquially referred to as the “Yooper Loop,” the exchange has drivers from north and southbound US-41 ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My dad is turning 73 next month, and my mom is throwing this big party for him. She is begging me to come, but my parents live across the country — a six-hour plane ride. I work full time and have two kids under 5. My family only takes a trip like this once or twice a year, and if ...