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Delta Co. Car-train crash

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BRAMPTON — Two people where injured in a car-train accident in rural Delta County Thursday afternoon. A team of uniformed responders from various agencies carried a stretcher through the snow, away from railroad tracks and a red Toyota pickup truck that lay on its side with the top cut off. A ...

Preparing An Icy Reception

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HOUGHTON – People passing by the Student Development Center (SDC) at Michigan Technological University (MTU) this week caught a glimpse of an unusual winter ritual: a student equipping a fire hose purposefully creating a sheet of ice. They worked in preparations for today’s Winter Baja ...

Bergman wants answers from USPS

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Editors Note: This is the first of a two-part series on mail disruptions in the western Upper Peninsula. HOUGHTON — In response to constituents’ appeals to his office, U.S. Congressman Jack Bergman sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner, dated Jan. 20, expressing concern at ...

A call for civility

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LANSING — Four former Michigan governors will join forces next week to push for civil discourse amid rising national political tensions that organizers say is “pulling us apart” as a country. Former Republican Govs. John Engler and Rick Snyder, along with former Democratic Govs. Jim ...

It’s a secret!

Life

HANCOCK — How do you think about recipes? Are they universal tools that carry the same meaning and purpose for all, or are they personal reminders of a loved one or shared experience? Could they be all these things and more? For artist Emily Lanctot, they are the subject and inspiration for ...

Counting Burbot

Outdoors

HOUGHTON — Researchers at Michigan Technological University are partnering with the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) to conduct a survey and interview anglers to gather information on awareness, values and preferences for recreational burbot fishing within the Lake Superior basin. ...