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A flurry of fatal home fires last month has prompted state officials to encourage families to prepare. 17 people died, including seven children. One of the adults was a Gwinn woman, who perished in her mobile home. State Fire Marshal Kevin Sehlmeyer is urging Michiganders to spend time developing and …

In advance of tomorrow’s community meeting about recreational marijuana, the City of Hancock has posted a summary of the issue and a community survey on its website. The ad hoc committee that has been reviewing the issue for the past year has recommended that the city allow sale and cultivation …

Some upgrades have been completed on the Chassell Township Trails. 10 fitness stations have been installed in the 67-acre park, giving those who are using the trails an opportunity to cross train with strength and stretching exercises. Volunteers installed the stations. The Chassell School construction trade class also spent 80 …

After a summer’s worth of construction, traffic on US-41 and M-28 in Marquette will begin to settle into its new normal today. Both lanes of the new roundabouts at Brickyard Road and County Road 492 will be open for the first time. At the Michigan Department of Transportation Ishpeming Service …

As expected, Michigan has appealed a recent court decision to allow construction of a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. The tunnel would be built by Enbridge, the company that owns the aging and controversial Line Five pipeline that carries petroleum product across the straits. The deal to remove the …

Michigan has committed eight-million dollars to help keep Asian carp from using the Des Plaines River to swim into Lake Michigan. The money will be used to help design a more effective barrier at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, located 27 miles southwest of Chicago. Recent tests have revealed …

High School In the district semifinals of the high school volleyball tournament tonight… – In Division Three, Calumet plays at Hancock. Iron Mountain faces Ironwood. – In Division Four, District 98, Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Jeffers, and Dollar Bay-Tamarack City plays at Chassell. Both District 97 semifinals will be played at …

If you’ve driven by Michigan Tech at night recently, you may have seen those bright blue lights set up high on poles. Scott Ackerman from the MTU IT Department says those mark the latest tools to help keep students and others on campus safe… Five were installed last month, to …

There’s little relief in sight for those dealing with high Lake Superior water levels. The latest Army Corp of Engineers report says levels could remain at or near record highs well into next year. New records were set in May, June, July, August and September. October’s level was just shy …

As if the opioid epidemic wasn’t bad enough, the Drug Enforcement Administration now says that Mexican drug cartels are flooding the Midwest with fake pills. Most often, the counterfeits contain fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be fatal, even in small amounts. DEA Field Division Special Agent in Charge Keith …