Crews trying to complete power restoration after Wednesday’s storm suffered setbacks Friday, as new outages occurred. Early Friday, Upper Peninsula Power Company estimated the number of customers without service at around 1,200. By evening, that total had risen to around 2,300. Most of the new outages occurred in Marquette County. …
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THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED AS OF 8:15 FRIDAY MORNING. Slowly but surely, electrical crews are restoring power to areas hit by Wednesday’s severe storm. UPPCO spokesman Brett French told us this morning that around 1,200 customers remain without power. Higher figures shown earlier this morning on the company’s online …
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The Upper Peninsula Power Company says it continues to devote its full resources to resolving power outages caused by Wednesday’s storm. At 8:30 Thanksgiving morning, company spokesperson Brett French told us that damage is so widespread that they’re still continuing to assess the situation. Around 4,200 customers remain without power …
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THURSDAY, 9:30 AM – SEE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM UPPCO HERE. Power companies continue to struggle to restore electricity to some of the thousands who lost service during Wednesday’s winter storm. As of 5:00 Thursday morning, the Upper Peninsula Power Company had provided no recent updates about how many customers were …
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Hancock will kick of the holiday season Friday evening with the annual Christmas walk. Activities begin at 5:00. At 6:00, Santa will board a fire truck at the Scott Building, and ride it to City Hall. He’ll light the Christmas tree, and then share gifts and candy with children. Kids …
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Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly will again provide free turkey dinners to seniors who would otherwise be alone on the holiday. Little Brothers’ Cathy Aten says it won’t be long before the smell of 70 turkeys will be filling the kitchen at Wadsworth Hall at …
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NOTE: This story was posted at 7:20 a.m. on November 27th. It contains timely information which may be out of date if read later. Mother Nature has thrown a monkey wrench into a lot of Thanksgiving travel plans with an ill-timed storm. Most areas could see a foot or more …
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The pre-Thanksgiving snowfall will not stop tomorrow’s Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk. Angela Luskin from UP Health System-Portage says it will force them off the regular trail, and onto a back-up route… There’s a silver lining in that, for those who might not want to do the full distance… The Turkey …
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The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help to solve some recent thefts in the Calumet area. On November 2nd, a red 1970’s-era Suzuki moped was taken from a yard on Allouez Street in Florida Location. It has a square headlight, chrome handlebars, and black duck tape on …
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The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has authorized $139,372.65 in distributions to local units of government in Baraga County. The money represents two percent of the slot machine revenues at the Baraga Casino over the past six months. The Baraga Area School District gets the largest grant, at a little over …
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