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HOUGHTON – The Copper Country Republican Party (CCRP) approved a resolution on Aug. 7, calling on the Houghton County Board of Commissioners to change the location and time of its regular monthly meetings. The resolution states that currently the County Board meetings are held at 3 p.m. on ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My daughter "Theresa," now 46, always wanted to be a doctor. I divorced her father when she was 4 and her sister was 2-and-a-half. When it came time for college, her father refused to help, and I couldn't afford to pay for it as a single mom. Determined, Theresa joined the Army and ...

U.P. Veteran of the Year

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ESCANABA — Michigan Lt. Gov. Gilchrist honored Raymond E. Carlson for being named 2025 Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year. Carlson, of Negaunee was honored during a ceremony at the U.P. State Fair Thursday morning attended by Gilchrist and other state and local dignitaries. The Upper ...

Upper Peninsula Fishing Report

Outdoors

While fishing on the Great Lakes, be aware of commercial fishing activities ongoing near several popular ports. Commercial netting gear will be marked with tall buoys with orange flags, which may be a fair distance apart. Be aware of your surroundings and know that commercial nets and ...

Stocking up

Outdoors

April showers bring May flowers, and spring and summer fish stocking bring fall fishing! This spring and summer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocked a total of 18,958,970 fish that weighed more than 331.5 tons and consisted of 10 different species and one hybrid. Fish stocking ...

Outdoors North

Outdoors

“It seems to be a reverie, you’re here with me…whenever you’re on my mind, I leave the world behind,” – Marshall Crenshaw With the day beginning to fade, they started – one after another – tumbling and hooking, carving slices out of the gray, clouded sky with the pointed ends ...