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MSP stops wrong-way driver on I-75, subject arrested

ST. IGNACE — A Michigan State Police motor carrier officer was in the right place at the right time earlier this week to safely stop a wrong-way driver on I-75 in Mackinac County. The driver was arrested for multiple offenses including operating under the influence of drugs. “This could ...

Annual spring weight restrictions 
begin Tuesday to protect Michigan’s roads

MARQUETTE ­- The Michigan Department of Transportation and local agencies are enacting spring weight restrictions, an annual move to protect roads, according to an MDOT press release. Effective 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways from the Indiana and Ohio borders north to and including U.S. 10 in Ludington in Mason County from the M-116 intersection, then east to U.S. 127 in Clare County, then north on U.S. 127 to M-61, then east on M-61 ending at the intersection with US-23 in the city of Standish, Arenac ...

Michigan Tech Mushing Club president Ben Amat returns for second UP200

HOUGHTON — Ben Amat of Niles, Michigan never planned to be a musher. When he joined the Michigan Tech Mushing Club as a freshman back in 2022, it was only because he missed his family dog. “I came up to Michigan Tech with no idea what I wanted to do with my life,” said Amat. “I had ...

InvestUP CEO Marty Fittante speaks at Operation Action U.P. annual meeting

MARQUETTE — On Thursday, Operation Action U.P. held its annual meeting. Operation Action U.P. was formed in 1963, and describes its mission as “to bring together a coalition of stakeholders representing industrial enterprises, financial institutions, utilities, institutions of higher ...

Rainbow Pride to hold a “Love Bites” fundraiser concert

MARQUETTE – From 7 10 tonight, the U.P. Rainbow Pride group is presenting a “Love Bites” concert featuring local bands Egg Parade, The Hard, Sycamore Smith and Knupdica at Love Marq Church at 728 W. Kaye Ave., in Marquette. “There are a lot of amazing local bands that want to ...