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WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters today announced $64,629 for the Marquette Fire Department. This grant, which comes through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, will be used to purchase 12 self-contained breathing apparatuses. “Our firefighters put their lives on the …

Kirtland’s warbler census monitors recovery of Michigan’s rare songbird The Kirtland’s warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler family. The only places on Earth it currently nests are mainly in Michigan’s northern Lower and Upper peninsulas, and a few locations in Wisconsin and the province of Ontario. …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed two new state-record fish for black buffalo and white perch. This marks the second and third state-record fish caught in 2015. The state record for black buffalo was broken by a fish caught by Sage Colegrove of Muskegon on the Grand River …

Since the discovery in May of a free-ranging deer infected with chronic wasting disease in Ingham County, Michigan, the state’s Department of Natural Resources has been hard at work sampling deer from the immediate area for additional signs of the disease and putting into effect emergency precautions to prevent as …

Representative John Kivela has introduced a new bill to help in the fight against meth. The bill creates a misdemeanor crime concerning meth production and allows prosecutors the choice between charging suspects with a misdemeanor or a felony. Previously suspects could only be charged with a felony. The hope is …

Father’s Day weekend has arrived and that mean’s it’s time for the annual Bridgefest and Bridgefeast celebration. What began as an event to mark the anniversary of the opening of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge in 1959, Bridgefest has evolved over the years to include several different attractions. The Houghton …

Pastyfest 2015 has a new logo and a winner of their logo contest. Calumet’s Jake Steinhoff is the award-winning artist this year. The logo will be featured on T-shirts that can be purchased at the Main Street Calumet tent in Agassiz park during the event or through their website. Pastyfest …

Michigan Interfaith Power & Light (Michigan IPL) and Efficiency UNITED are leading Energy-Savings events at two area churches Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24, at 6:30 p.m. Julie Lyons Bricker of Michigan IPL will provide easy, inexpensive tips for homeowners that will help lower their utility bills—often significantly. Representatives …

A pair of regular visitors to the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge have made the trip again this year – and they’re staying to raise their family. Karl Hansen, bridge engineer for the International Bridge Administration (IBA), reported that pair of peregrine falcons have successfully nested atop the bridge between …

A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Manistique has been indicted on charges of mail destruction. According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Sarah Paradise allegedly did not deliver Standard A Mail, which is bulk business mail, in Manistique from March 2013 until early March 2014. The …