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Shots fired at DC dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as guests dived under tables at ...

Body of missing NMU student found

MARQUETTE — The body of a 21 year-old Northern Michigan University student, missing since February and feared drowned, was discovered in the waters of Lake Superior Friday. According to a press release from Marquette City Police, at around 3:30 Friday afternoon, the body of Trenton Massey ...

Fatal crash in Iron County

IRON COUNTY — A 45-year-old woman, from the Dickinson County community of Vulcan, died early Thursday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 141 near Offerman Road in Iron County’s Hematite Township. Also injured was a 22-year-old female passenger, also from Vulcan, in the 2020 Chevrolet Colorado driven by the 45-year-old, Iron County Sheriff Ryan Boehmke said in a news release. The pickup truck was southbound on U.S. 141 about 3:35 a.m. when it crossed the center line and collided with a 2021 International box truck, the sheriff said. The driver of the box truck, a 55-year-old Felch ...

Quite an honor

WASHINGTON DC — Highland Copper Company has been acknowledged as a contributor to U.S. copper mining expansion by the Trump Administration, Highland said in a recent statement. A fact sheet published by the White House on April 2 states, in part: “Companies such as Highland Copper, ...

Exchanging ideas

LAURIUM – The village recently learned it has been awarded a space in a competitive community exchange program offered by the Michigan Municipal League (MML). The U.P. Community Exchange Program pairs U.P. communities to share resources and ideas. The program, along with others like the ...

Tech board OKs new school and BS Degree

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees met Friday and established a new school in the College of Sciences and Arts and created a new major in the College of Computing to meet the demands of a rapidly growing industry. As expected, the board raised tuition by 4.02 ...