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All three of the UP Health System hospitals are restricting visitors because of a high level of respiratory illnesses and influenza. Visitors who are suffering from cough, fever, runny nose, sore throat, vomiting and or diarrhea will not be allowed to see patients at UP Health System Portage, Bell or …

The Copper Country Community Arts Council is accepting applications for local arts project mini-grants. The funding from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs provides up to $4,000 for locally developed, high quality arts projects. The CCCAC coordinates the grants for Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Gogebic and Iron Counties. …

“Quid pro quo” leads the list of words and phrases banned from the Queen’s English by the Unicorn Hunters at Lake Superior State University. The Latin phrase that’s been beaten to death in news coverage of President Donald Trump’s interaction with Ukraine received the most nominations this year. Other words …

The Keweenaw Community Foundation is looking for a new Executive Director. The job description posted on the Foundation’s website says the position will require about 30 hours per week. The salary is $40,000 per year, but no health or retirement benefits are offered. They’d prefer someone with a business leadership …

The Upper Peninsula Power Company is ready to begin its winter drawdown of water levels at its hydroelectric facilities. In the Western Upper Peninsula, the Victoria Dam, Bond Falls and Lake Gogebic reservoirs will be lowered in January. The Prickett Dam reservoir will be lowered in February. The water levels …

Gasoline prices edged higher in the central Upper Peninsula, as the year-end holiday travel window passed its midpoint. AAA Michigan reports that the Marquette metro average has risen to $2.52 for a gallon of unleaded regular. That’s three cents higher than a week ago, three cents lower than a month …

One person is dead following a house fire in Sagola Township. Firefighters were called to the home on highway M-95 between Channing and Sagola just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. They and state police troopers discovered the body inside the building after the blaze was extinguished. Another person escaped from the …

No injuries have been reported from a fire at an apartment building in Little Lake this morning. The five-unit building at the intersection of highway M-35 and Marquette County Road 456 was destroyed. M-35 was closed, as firefighters from numerous departments battled the blaze.

The glow was a little different last night, as cross country skiers gathered at the Maasto Hiihto Trail for the annual Luminary Ski. John Diebel from the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club said organizers abandoned real candles, in favor of LED lights… It was the seventh year for the evening-after-Christmas event, …

The warmer than average temperatures we’ve been experiencing have prompted the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to issue a caution about ice conditions. The warning comes after a pickup truck broke through the ice on Big Shag Lake near Gwinn Sunday afternoon, and sank. No one was hurt, but conservation …