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Watercraft fatality in Gladstone

GLADSTONE — One person is dead after two persons fell off of a personal watercraft near the Gladstone Harbor Friday afternoon. Accord to a press release issued Monday, law enforcement responded to the waters of Little Bay De Noc near the Gladstone Harbor at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Officers were ...

‘Ghost Ship’ found

MADISON — After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a “ghost ship” that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology ...

Entrees sought

MARQUETTE — LIVE@NMU will kick off its fifth annual LIVE Art & Word Contest as a way to help break the stigma surrounding mental health issues and suicide, engage individuals, encourage positive mental health and showcase the talents of both high school students and adults from across the ...

From the ground up

LAURIUM – Moyle Construction has begun excavating the ground for the new Laurium Village Department of Public Works garage. Village Manager Ian Lewis said the village expects to have a completed and fully operational public works garage by Summer 2026. The previous DPW facility was destroyed ...

Aiming high

HANCOCK — The upcoming archery season’s changes have changed local sporting goods business in the Copper Country. With hunters now able to purchase combo tags with the ability to harvest antlerless deer for the season beginning Oct. 1, many are taking advantage of the opportunity and it is ...

Iron Mt. reaches settlement in fatal motorcycle crash

IRON MOUNTAIN — An accident reconstruction performed by a Michigan State Police investigator found no physical evidence that a motorcyclist killed in a 2022 fatal collision with an Iron Mountain city public works mower was traveling at excessive speed. Matthew Fletcher, 34, of Iron Mountain ...