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Dear Annie: My best friend and I have been close since college. He is the person who helped me move into my first apartment, who showed up with coffee during finals, who still remembers the name of my childhood dog. That is why it hurts so much to watch him repeat the same pattern that already ...

Dickinson Board members targeted for recall

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IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Election Commission will have a clarity hearing Feb. 2, concerning recall petitions submitted against four members of the Dickinson County Board. The petitions are directed at Board Chair Dan Harrington of Breitung Township, and commissioners Kevin ...

Houghton to receive grant money

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HOUGHTON – Houghton is one of six Michigan communities receiving more than $23.9 million in total grant funding through the Michigan Talent Partnership Program, says a Jan. 15 release from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Houghton City Manager Eric Waara said the funding is for ...

Michigan spent $1.1M probing tribal boarding schools

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Michigan spent three years and $1.1 million to study the state’s Native American boarding schools, then refused to release the report to the public. Michigan officials blasted the report as too “shoddy” to show to the public, while the Native American firm hired to conduct the study ...

Thursday pile up closes US-41

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HOUGHTON COUNTY – Few details were available Friday morning on a multi-vehicle traffic crash on U.S. 41 near Airport Road Thursday afternoon. As many as eight vehicles were involved in the crash, but Sgt. Russell Larson of the Michigan State Police Calumet Post said he could not confirm ...

Mother Nature wins!

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HANCOCK — Biting cold, wind chills in excess of 25 below and snow, disrupted life in the Copper Country Friday. All schools were closed, as were Michigan Tech, Gogebic College and KBIC Ojibwa Community College. Additionally, several government offices, non-profits and local business halted ...