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Aspirus Offers Snow Shoveling Tips

Health officials are urging caution when it comes to shoveling the generous amounts of snow that fall over Christmas weekend. Aspirus Director of Regional Therapy Services Jeff Baril notes that shoveling can be hazardous for your back, shoulder and arm muscles, and for your heart. Injuries are also caused when …

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Blizzard Disrupts Christmas Weekend

The Copper Country continues to dig out from the Christmas Eve blizzard. National Weather Service data shows the heaviest snowfall occurred in southern Houghton County, with 30-inch totals reported from Nisula south into the Sturgeon River Gorge. A wider area from Twin Lakes south to Sidnaw picked up 24 inches, …

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Mackinac Bridge Remnant Visits South Pole

A piece of the Mackinac Bridge has made its way to the South Pole. Brendan Fisher recently began a 13-month assignment as a heavy equipment mechanic for the United States Antarctic Program. He brought with him a sign that he crafted from a piece of the original metal deck grating …

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Little Brothers Christmas Dinners in Baraga and South Range Rescheduled

UPDATE: Meals scheduled to be delivered from the South Range site will be delivered during the same time period Monday, December 26th. At the Baraga site, sit-down meals will be served Thursday at 1:00, with hot meal delivery beginning at noon. Volunteers will be needed to assist at Baraga. If …

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Michigan State Police are Seeking to Fill a Large Number of Vacancies Across the State

Back in June this year the 142nd class of Michigan State Troopers from the state’s police academy in Lansing. And now four of those graduating officers will join the state’s northern most police post, MSP – Calumet. All four new troopers come from the near by area; Trooper Ryan Kuntze …

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Little Brothers Encourages Volunteers to Share a Meal with Seniors this Christmas

It is finally the Christmas weekend, and many travelers around the state will take to the roads to see family and friends over the next few days. While the season is always filled fun and great people, this time of the year can be lonely for many as well. To …

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Italian Hall Victims To Be Remembered

The Christmas season is generally considered a happy time of year. In the Copper Country, though, that happiness is tempered by memories of a long-ago tragedy. One hundred nine years ago tomorrow, striking copper miners were holding a Christmas Eve party for children on the upper level of the Italian …

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Whitmer Appoints New MTU Trustee, One Returnee

The Michigan Tech Board of Trustees is getting a new member. As part of a series of appointments yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer nominated Matthew Johnson of Marquette and Monique Wells of Chelsea for terms on the board. Johnson is being reappointed. He is manager of External Relations at Eagle Mine …

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Merry Christmas at the Gas Pump

The Christmas holiday weekend finds Michigan gas prices at their lowest levels in more than a year. The statewide average for a gallon of unleaded regular stood yesterday at $2.98. That’s 15 cents lower than a week ago, 73 cents lower than a month ago, and 13 cents lower than …

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MSP Urges Storm Preparedness

With the first severe winter storm of the season upon us, Michigan State Police officials are reminding us of ways we should be prepared. For homes, they suggest… • A 72-hour emergency supply kit that includes food and water, a battery-powered or hand-crank weather radio, blankets, flashlights with extra batteries …

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