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Looking to cut the increase

MARQUETTE — State Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking state regulators to sharply reduce a proposed Upper Peninsula Power Co. electric rate increase, arguing the utility should receive no more than $9.9 million of the $17.3 million it wants. Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan ...

Ready for duty

LANSING — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 10 state troopers who graduated Friday afternoon from the 151st Trooper Recruit School, a recruit school for licensed police officers. During the ceremony in Lansing, Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State ...

Driver in Bridge crash charged

Mackinaw City — The Michigan State Police (MSP) is providing an update on the investigation into a serious two-vehicle crash that occurred on the Mackinac Bridge on Wednesday. According to an MSP press release, 28-year-old Redane Smith was arraigned in the 92nd District Court on one count ...

Difficult decisions

EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County’s budget constraints have compelled the board of commissioners to consider sacrificing county zoning for a seventh sheriff's department deputy. The issue comes as the board evaluates the compounding costs of public safety with a push to retain countywide ...

Cause of death revealed

MARQUETTE — The death of the adult male found off the Iron Ore Heritage Trail near Wilson Street in the city of Marquette early last month was not a homicide but related to drugs he took, a now completed investigation by the Marquette Police Department has revealed. The man, identified as ...

Building something special

HOUGHTON — The sound of hammers pounding nails into wood heard could be heard throughout the Portage Lake District Library Thursday evening. The reason — Local children learning how to use construction tools while building their own creations. Tree House Family Resources put on its Free ...