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Three arrested on drug charges in Ironwood

IRONWOOD — A narcotics investigation in Ironwood that authorities said was years in the making culminated in drug charges being filed against three people. Investigators with the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team, or GIANT, obtained information on an Ironwood address owned by Mary Conley ...

Unleashed potential: incarcerated handlers rehabilitate dogs

ESCANABA— At Alger Correctional Facility in Munising, a unique partnership with the Delta Animal Shelter in Escanaba is transforming lives on both ends of the leash through the Dawgz Adapt program. In the five plus years of the Dawgz Adapt program, incarcerated people at the facility have ...

UPPCO prepares for April storm, warns public

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) reminds customers and the public that winter weather patterns can – and often do – produce high winds and accumulations of wet, heavy snow and ice that can affect the region’s electrical grid. The National Weather Service (NWS) ...

Man sentenced after 2023 terrorist attack on MSP

CHIPPEWA COUNTY — A man who carried out a terrorist attack on the Michigan State Police (MSP) post in Sault Ste. Marie in 2023 has been sentenced. On Tuesday, Chippewa County 50th Circuit Court Judge James P. Lambros sentenced James Kamal Itani, 41, to 25 to 40 years in prison following his ...

Looking back on the Calumet Mine in Felch Township

FELCH TOWNSHIP — The Calumet Mine on the Felch Mountain Range in Felch Township in Dickinson County was discovered in late 1880 or early 1881. Records state that in 1882, four shafts were sunk and extensive diamond drilling took place. The Calumet Mine was said to be shallow, only 400 feet ...

Deceased western U.P. child identified

IRONWOOD — A Facebook posting and obituary notice from a western Upper Peninsula Funeral Home together have identified the two-year-old child who was found deceased several days ago in Ironwood Township. Darwin E. Olson, who, less than two weeks prior to his third birthday, was found March ...