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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

Front Page

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. ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Outdoors

“I'm still carrying the gift you gave; it's a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved; It'll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity,” – Bob Dylan On a rainy and chilly afternoon, I parked my Jeep in an old sandy turnaround at the side of the two-track dirt road. I ...

Action on the ice

Outdoors

The weekly fishing report has resumed for ice fishing in select locations. Report information is collected by creel clerks; additional locations will be featured in beginning in March when more creel staff reports are available. Upper Peninsula • Little Bay de Noc: Walleye anglers reported ...