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Many Upper Peninsula Residents will receive meals this winter provided by Detroit Rocker Kid Rock.   Rock announced recently that he will be donating $25,000 to the Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank that serves 40 Michigan counties including all 15 Upper Peninsula counties. He stated in a series of tweets …

Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson is  reminding residents that all branch offices will be closed next Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Branch offices will resume its normal business hours on Tuesday January 16th. The Agency urges motorists to use its website at ExpressSOS.com. Licenses and …

Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the appointments of Judge Beth Gibson of Newberry and Richard Barch of Ann Arbor to the Board.   The eight-person board is the governing body of the university.   Snyder said.  “Both Gibson and Barch have diverse backgrounds that make them a great asset to …

L’Anse Village and Township, and Baraga County will release a draft of their 2018-2022 Recreation Plan this week. The draft will become available this Friday, January 12 for public review. A final public hearing will be scheduled for each, prior to adoption of the plans. Both plans will be available …

The show airing on the Outdoor Channel will feature several conservation officers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The series is called Wardens and it chronicles the lives of conservation officers in America. Sergeant Ryan Aho and Officers Mark Leadman, Ethen Mapes and Brian Lasanen of District 1 will be featured on an …

The owners of a downstate Sushi Resturaunt have been ordered to pay nearly 1 million dollars in restitution for tax fraud. The announcement came yesterday from Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who said “I hope this case serves as a reminder to others that breaking the law comes with consequences,” …

Bookworms in the Keweenaw Peninsula will soon have a suggested list of reading material to choose from. The Portage Lake District Library is implementing software called “Novelist”.. that will make suggestions based on a reader’s likings. ‘Novelist is the library’s reader recommendation database that our patrons can use to find …

Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is now accepting proposals through February 23, 2018, for the annual Bond Falls Mitigation and Enhancement Fund (MEF) grant.   The goal of the MEF grant is to create tangible, measurable improvements to aquatic and terrestrial environments within the Ontonagon River watershed. This watershed includes UPPCO’s Bond …

If you are an electric customer of the Ontonagon County REA you’re being given the opportunity to review and comment on the power providers proposed renewable energy plan.   The company recently filed an application for approval of the plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission as mandated by the …

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post and Baraga Detachment are investigating the death of a 3-year-old child from L’Anse. The child was brought by a guardian to Baraga County Memorial Hospital on December 23rd. The child was unresponsive and was later transferred to Milwaukee Children’s Hospital where the …