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HERMANSVILLE — District 3 of the U.P. Trappers Association is once again hosting the Arduin Brothers Kids Workshop in Hermansville on Saturday February 7, 2026. Doors will open at 8 a.m. (CST) with the doors closing for cleanup around 3 p.m. This is the 21st year and all are ...

Duplex destroyed

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PAINESDALE – No injuries were reported as the result of an early Thursday morning structure fire in Painesdale. The structure, a duplex, is located on the corner of M-26 and Baltic Street in Painesdale. At approximately 3:14 a.m. Thursday morning, firefighters with South Range and Adams ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

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“And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles; they can always fly away from this rain and this cold; you can hear them singing out their telegraph code; all the way down the Telegraph Road,” – Mark Knopfler The wind kicks up snow dust and swirls it around my head as I walk. I ...

Houghton awarded placemaking grant

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LANSING – On Thursday, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced the six communities receiving more than $23.9 million in total grant funding through the Michigan Talent Partnership (MTP) Program. The City of Houghton. the only UP community on the list, joins Ann Arbor, ...

Meals on Wheels has new director

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HANCOCK — Copper Shores Community Health Foundation announced that Jessica Mills is the new Meals on Wheels program director. According to a Copper Shores press release, Mills has the unique distinction of being the only person to have met every current Meals on Wheels participant, and will ...

Slotkin under investigation

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan US Sen. Elissa Slotkin has been notified that the Trump administration is investigating her after she organized and appeared in a video with other Democrats urging military service members to resist “illegal orders.” Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, first ...