Breaking News

MSP promote LaBonte

NEGAUNEE — Michigan State Police (MSP) announced the promotion of Detective Sergeant Matthew LaBonte to Detective Lieutenant, where he will oversee the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET). UPSET is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force serving all 15 counties of the ...

Making progress

HOUGHTON — Last month, ShoreWaves Internet and Telephone announced it will cease operations, as the company’s founder, Steve Fitzgerald, is retiring after 14 years. The news was announced to customers on July 2. It was later announced that the network will continue to operate under an ...

Fatal accident in Keweenaw County

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A man from Wisconsin died as the result of a motor cycle crash Friday in Keweenaw County's Grant Township. The accident occurred on U.S. 41, one mile south of Washington Mine Road on. The Keweenaw County Sheriff Office said deputies responded to a report of the crash at ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: A dear friend of ours was diagnosed with lung cancer and subsequently had a stroke. Since then, he was told that he had disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and that there wasn't any treatment for it. The doctors don't want to do surgery for the cancer because they're ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently welcomed our first baby, and we are exhausted but overjoyed. We live in an apartment building, and after weeks of trial and error, we finally started getting our daughter onto a somewhat predictable sleep schedule. The problem is our next-door neighbor's ...

Menominee man sentenced

MENOMINEE A man from Menominee man was recently sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine and firearm charges. Shane Allen Konell, 51, was sentenced July 10 in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court to concurrent prison terms of five to 10 years for possession of meth and a ...