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Children need mentors and UP Kids—Big Brothers Big Sisters is helping to establish those valuable relationships. While there are plenty of kids, the shortage of volunteers to be Big Brothers continues and the number of young people volunteering is dropping. Program Director Maggie Munch says a Big Brother or Big …

The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance to provide a breakfast session for local business leaders. It’s called the Keweenaw Alliance Breakfast and it’s the rebranding of the monthly KEDA breakfast meetings, incorporating the former Eggs N’ Issues once held by the Chamber. Chamber …

A Calumet teenager could be facing charges in relation to an assault with a knife over the weekend. The Houghton County Sherriff’s Office says they received a report of a woman having been stabbed around 4:45pm Saturday. When deputies arrived at the scene on Park Avenue in the Village of …

Story originally posted at https://abc10up.com/2019/03/15/marquette-man-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-criminal-sexual-conduct/ MARQUETTE– After a joint investigation by the Northern Michigan University Police Department and the Marquette Police Department, Caleb Scott Anderson of Marquette has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree. According to allegations, Anderson would run up …

March 15, 2019 — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads.             Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 18, weight restrictions will be expanded to cover all state trunkline highways for the entire state of Michigan. State routes typically carry M, …

The following press release was issued by State Representative Greg Markkanen’s office: State Rep. Greg Markkanen recently met with local county road commissioners in the Western U.P. to discuss state resources that can help fix Michigan roads.  Markkanen met with Kevin Harju of the Houghton County Road Commission and Gregg …

The Copper Country’s two representatives in the state legislature will be together to meet constituents in Hancock later this month. State Senator Ed McBroom and State Representative Greg Markkanen will be at KC Bonkers on Quincy Street from 11:45am to 12:45pm on Friday, March 22nd. They will be available to …

The following press release was issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: Credit: Neil Harri An aerial survey photo shows moose south of Lake Michigamme in the western Upper Peninsula. After this winter’s moose survey, wildlife biologists said the western Upper Peninsula moose population is growing at a long-term …

State Attorney General Dana Nessel has pulled Michigan out of an environmental case seeking to reduce the number of bodies of water protected under the federal Clean Water Act. The lawsuit was originally filed by former State Attorney General Bill Schuette and is an effort to block a joint EPA …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is creating 10 new positions at the department for the Western Upper Peninsula. Five will be based in Gogebic County, three in Ontonagon County and two in Baraga County. The new positions will be charged with a variety of conservation functions across the Western …