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Deer season kicks off

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UPPER PENINSULA — With the Michigan firearm deer season starting Sunday, the Department of Natural Resources is offering some safety reminders, including tips for those enjoying other outdoor activities. Whether you're hiking, biking or taking your dog for a walk, it's important to stay visible to hunters. “Wearing hunter orange is an easy way to help hunters spot you and keep everyone safe on the trails,” the DNR said in a news release. If you're bringing your four-legged friend along, be sure to keep your pet on a leash no longer than 6 feet and consider dressing them in a ...

NMU,KBOCC enter into new articulation agreement

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MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has entered into an articulation agreement with Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, allowing students who earn an Associate of Science in Environmental Science with a Sustainability Emphasis from KBOCC to seamlessly transfer to the Bachelor of ...

Grants boost alternative transportation opportunities

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MARQUETTE – Michigan’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) plays an important role in helping communities improve transportation options, expand pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and create safer, more accessible public spaces, according to Bradley Wieferich, the director of the ...

Between the Columns

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Having just finished up Free to Read Week, a time when the Peter White Public Library hosts various community events in order to draw attention to the importance of intellectual freedom, I wanted to highlight a few titles that relate to censorship (as well as one title that is just a book ...

Keweenaw ski resort is up for two national readers’ choice awards

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LAC LA BELLE — Mount Bohemia is in the running for two national readers’ choice awards at once. With voting still open in the USA TODAY 10Best Best Ski Resort contest, the Upper Peninsula resort is now also up for Newsweek’s Best Aprиs-Ski Destination award for 2027. Visit Keweenaw is inviting skiers, snowboarders and anyone who’s ever thawed out in Bohemia’s outdoor hot tub to vote for the Michigan resort in both contests. On the mountain, Bohemia is known for deep Lake Superior lake-effect powder, steep glades and ungroomed terrain. The resort took first place in USA ...