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Faith & Family: Kathleen Carlton Johnson

Life

It is the season of gifts. We are all rushing around trying to remember the important and influential people. There are a million reasons one will find those deserving of a gift. This is most likely family, children coming first, and the rest of the bosses, mail people, secretaries, teachers, ...

Mystery Solved

Outdoors

Nine months after two cougar kittens were documented in the Upper Peninsula, a new trail camera photo indicates the elusive animals are still alive and living with their mother. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources verified the Dec. 6 photo of an adult cougar being followed by two ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Outdoors

“Holly’s in the window, home is where the wind blows, can’t walk for runnin’ Christmas time’s a-comin’,” – Tex Logan Past the dimmed and cracked corners of the memories in my mind’s eye, I can see those week-before-Christmas days of my very young boyhood. Even in those early ...

Kempainen pleads guity

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HOUGHTON — Jacob Kempainen, 22, entered a guilty plea Thursday afternoon in Houghton County’s 12th Circuit Court to 2nd Degree Murder for his role in the December 18, 2023 death of his grandfather, Alvin, 86, according to Thursday press release from Daniel Helmer, Houghton County ...

Expanding childcare access

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HOUGHTON — Childcare momentum is growing in the Copper Country as partners and community members work together to expand access for local families. A challenge that intensified during COVID has prompted educators, nonprofits, and economic partners to collaborate - resulting in the creation of ...

Two hurt in car/bus accident

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ESCANABA TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured when a Gladstone Area School bus and passenger vehicle collided Thursday afternoon on U.S. 2 and 41 between Gladstone and Escanaba, forcing the southbound lanes to be temporarily closed. Both of the injured were in the passenger vehicle and their ...