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Knife distributor responds

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ESCANABA — The chief executive of a major distributor of Bark River Knives — the former Escanaba company that shuttered without notice two weeks ago — says it is facing significant losses while trying to protect customers due to Bark River’s use of Chinese steel in some of its knives, ...

Arrest in Chippewa County

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SAULT STE. MARIE — Brandon Nertoli, 31, of Sault Ste. Marie, has been arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance causing death in connection to a Feb. 20 incident in Dafter Township. On that occasion, troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Sault Ste. Marie responded ...

Virginia man sent to prison.

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MARQUETTE — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced Thursday that Erich Zeeb, 51, of Roanoke, Virginia, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child. VerHey said, “What Zeeb did was depraved and disgusting and he richly ...

Don’t touch that dial

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Hold on to those Thanksgiving turkeys! WKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time. “I cannot, by contract, tell you when. I cannot tell you who. But I can tell you, direct to the camera, WKRP, after 48 years, is coming to Cincinnati,” D.P. McIntire, who runs the ...

Making the Journey: Chelsea Bossert

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Ten hours. It takes ten hours to go from Auburn Hills, Mich. to Houghton. Ten grueling, boring, yet scenic hours. When someone goes from the metro-Detroit area all the way to the Copper Country they have time to think. Thoughts constantly cloud the mind of those who make this journey — ...

Celebrate at the Rozsa

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HOUGHTON — It may not look like it outside, but Spring is here and with it plenty to do, see and hear at Michigan Technological University's Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts. "Journey Through the Keweenaw: Interactive Walk-through Installations" by Michigan Tech Theatre This ...