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Governor Gretchen Whitmer yesterday signed a $1.1 billion supplemental appropriations bill with significant implications for the Upper Peninsula. The allocation includes $200 million in incentives to a Swedish company that plans to make a major investment in the U.P.  Billerud will sink $1 billion into a paper mill in Delta …

A regional bank with a significant presence in the Copper Country has announced that it will lay off another 10 percent of its employees. Flagstar Bank was already in the process of trimming its staff when it was acquired by New York Community Bankcorp in December.   Flagstar has been heavily …

L’Anse Fire signed the purchase agreement for a new fire engine and first aerial truck in Baraga County. The truck will be well used in the community, to allow firefighters a higher vantage point when responding to disaster. The truck was purchased with the help of Baraga County, the Keweenaw …

Over the weekend Portage Township’s Dodgeville Ice Rink was vandalized. A bench was broken, signs for the men’s and women’s restroom broken, and a light was torn out and stolen. Public Works crews discovered the broken signs and property yesterday while in the area. Portage Township has reported the incident …

A surprise snow storm covered the Copper Country the last two days. Snow total estimates have ranged between 10 and 14 inches, breaking past the area’s predicted snowfall of a measly 2-4 inches. Though the region’s winter snowfall still lags behind what is normally seen by this time of the …

A woman who was camping north of Lake Linden was brought out of the woods by first responders yesterday. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies say the 40-year-old woman had been camping about 300 yards off Gregory Street-Cemetery Road since Friday. She called a friend on her cell phone when she became …

Employment levels fell in the Upper Peninsula in December. The number of U.P. residents on the job dropped from 125,600 in November to 124,000 last month. The December employment figure was 1,200 higher than in December of 2021. The figures come from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. …

Five people were injured in a two car collision on the highway last Friday. The Baraga County Sheriff is investigating the cause of a two car crash, that occurred on US -41 in L’Anse around 7:30 am on Friday. Deputies determined that a southbound vehicle carrying three occupants, crossed the …

The National Parks surrounding Lake Superior expect to become the first parks in the country to Decarbonize the Parks. The National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation has announced that the National Parks on Lake Superior’s shore in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, will begin efforts decommission fossil fuel powered vehicles, implement …

A Wisconsin man has died in a snowmobile crash in Gogebic County. Michigan State Police troopers from the Wakefield Post and Gogebic County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call around 1:30 a.m. (CST) Sunday to Trail #2 in Wakefield Township. The investigation revealed a group of snowmobilers were traveling westbound …