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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives race for Michigan’s 1st District, Republican incumbent Rep. Jack Bergman is running against Democratic challenger Callie Barr, a former teacher and attorney from Traverse City. The 1st District covers the Upper Peninsula, as well as 20 counties in northern Michigan. A new interview with Bergman could not be […]
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5 days ago · Nicholas “Nick” J. Muschal. October 25, 2024. RIPON, WI — Nicholas “Nick” J. Muschal, age 85, of Ripon, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at Ripon Community Hospital. Nick was born on Oct. 22, 1938, in Chicago, IL, son of Nicholas and Katherine (Marx) Muschal. He graduated from Amundsen High School in Chicago ...
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3 days ago · WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives race for Michigan’s 1st District, Republican incumbent Rep. Jack Bergman is running against Democratic challenger Callie Barr, a former teacher and attorney from Traverse City. The 1st District covers the Upper Peninsula, as well as 20 counties in northern Michigan. …
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3 days ago · HOUGHTON — A number of write-in candidates in the Copper Country filed by the Oct. 25 deadline to be added to the November ballot. Candidates ran in Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties; none had filed in Baraga. Houghton County At the county level, Teresa Karinemi filed to run against incumbent Jennifer Kelly for clerk and […]
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3 days ago · Corrections Officer pension bills pass in Michigan Senate. November 2, 2024. LANSING — On Oct. 30 the Michigan Senate passed bills SB0165-SB0167 which brings corrections officers and other types of law enforcement such as conservation officers into a pension system. The bills were all passed with 25 yeas, 12 nays and 1 excused for each.
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Get out and vote early. October 28, 2024 - Front Page. HOUGHTON — The August debut of in-person early voting was slow in Houghton County: 81 voters spread across 81 hours. As Clerk Jennifer Kelly said after Saturday’s eight-hour whirlwind, “the general election is a different story.” “We had people waiting before 8 o’clock,” she ...
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Oct 8, 2024 · Houghton County Fair kicks off for 73rd year. August 23, 2024. HANCOCK — The 73rd Houghton County Fair began Thursday with food vendors, shops, rides and games all becoming available to fairgoers. As the fair first opened and the rides and games were still being readied, the attendees could visit the mobile zoo where goats and sheep were ...
Mine predicted to reverse sagging regional economy
Mar 29, 2024 · The Upper Peninsula was built on mining, Markkanen said in the release. With the MSF investment, “the community will start pumping out materials that will help rebuild the state and the country.” Highland Copper estimates the project will create 380 jobs when the mine is operational, with another 313 indirect jobs being created throughout the state.
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Trails closed as Baraga County recovers from wildfire. October 25, 2024. BARAGA — The wildfire around Summit Lake in Baraga County has expanded its reach from five acres when it was first observed on Friday, Oct. 18, to 165 acres on Oct. 21, and then to 225 acres on Oct. 22. The perimeter of the fire is estimated to encompass an area of ...
Daily Mining Gazette 2022 Year in Review Top 10
Jan 11, 2023 · Daily Mining Gazette 2022 Year in Review Top 10. Features. Jan 11, 2023. Graham Jaehnig & Garrett Neese. 1. TNC purchases Keweenaw Heartlands. In the penultimate week of 2022, the Nature Conservancy announced that it had finalized the purchase of the full 32,469 acres in the Keweenaw Peninsula known as the Keweenaw Heartlands.