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A Diamond celebration

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — The Houghton-Keweenaw Conservation District celebrated its 75th anniversary at Calumet Township's Waterworks Park Saturday morning. Several partner groups including Keweenaw National Historic Park, the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC), Sierra Club Michigan ...

Battery D returns to Fort Wilkins

COPPER HARBOR – Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery reenactment and living history group returned to Fort Wilkins this past weekend, marking its 46th year of its annual encampment. A nagging fog and temperatures in the upper 50s did not dissuade attendance, with hundreds of spectators ...

Marquette hit by heavy rain

MARQUETTE — A severe thunderstorm passed through the Marquette area and region last week, bringing heavy rain to Marquette and much of the central Upper Peninsula. Thursday's rainstorm resulted in snarled traffic, city streets turned into small rivers and gutters inundated with several ...

A garden escapee

KEWEENAW — It is prime season for outdoor recreation in the Keweenaw, but with that comes the risk of getting ticks, and consequently, Lyme disease. But did you know that there is a connection between the transmission of Lyme disease and the commonly planted ornamental invasive shrub ...

QUALMS

HANCOCK — Al Lynch’s speaking voice can be described as gritty, composed and deep. But when singing, the 33-year old U.P. native is animated and lively. His downtempo, soulful, electronic r&b moves those who listen to it. A veteran of the music industry, Lynch has worked in Grand Rapids, ...

Senate primary heats up

Editor's note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. SALINE TOWNSHIP — Standing in front of a controversial data center project Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has championed, Democratic US ...