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Crews are still battling a wildfire that began early Thursday afternoon in Humboldt Township. Officials believe that the fire began within the land of a logging project, Holli Forest Products of Ishpeming. Also, the weather conditions allowed the fire to spread from 10 acres initially to 60 acres by 7 …

The Baraga County Fair takes place this weekend. The fair is held on the Baraga County Fairgrounds in Pelkie and features live entertainment, exhibits, activities for kids and good food. The dirt really gets kicked up with the ATV challenge, the mud bog and the demolition derby. Fair board member …

A local family with roots that run deep in the Copper Country will be coming together again this weekend. The Junttila family reunion currently takes place every five years at their family property outside of Gay near Big Traverse Bay. The line can be traced back to 1909 when Gustav …

Mike Pflaum, a 35-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the new Superintendent of Badlands National Park. Pflaum has served as the Superintendent of Keweenaw National Historical Park in Calumet, Michigan since January, 2011, with an intervening assignment at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Pflaum begins …

Young musicians will be rocking it out tonight and tomorrow and the climax of PJ Olsson’s Rock Camp arrives. Saturday night’s Really Big Show looks to definitely be a sell out so to give as many people as a possible a chance to see the show, and to give the …

The movie ‘Superior” is a tale about two teenagers who decide to have one last adventure, bicycling around Lake Superior in the summer of ’69. It’s based on a true story, written and directed by Edd Benda, who came out last summer with his crew from Beyond the Porch Productions …

The state is hoping you can help keep an insect that burrows into maple trees and destroys them out of Michigan. Julie Crick, an educator at Michigan State University Extension, says the Asian long-horned beetle – which is black with white spots and has a blue antenna – leaves behind …

The Michigan Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday to strike down some mandatory sentencing guidelines will mean a lot of work for trial court judges now and plenty of work this fall for a House committee. State Representative Kurt Heise, chair of the House Criminal Justice Committee, says they’ll first spend some …

A new set of regulations on energy generation proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency will likely be challenged in court but should survive the challenge. That’s the opinion of a former Michigan lawmaker who now works for an energy related advocacy group. Former state representative Dan Scripps, now the president …

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has given the green light to ballot language for three initiatives, one to allow voting by mail, another to mandate earned paid sick time, and one to hike the state’s corporate income tax to help fund the roads. Tom Lutz of Citizens for Fair …