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Coat drive a success

MARQUETTE — Winter's icy blasts will be easier to handle for some Upper Peninsula residents, courtesy of the Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officers and other agency personnel. That's because MSP has recently completed its annual winter coat drive, where new or gently used winter coats ...

Challenging Bergman

ESCANABA — Republican Justin Michal is challenging incumbent Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, for the chance to represent Michigan’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Bergman has had the position for five terms, since 2017. Michal, an army veteran working on a ...

U.P. resident Hasenfus, key figure in 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died Nov. 26 in Menominee after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary from the ...

Study challenges assumption about Great Lakes ice cover and evaporation

Ice cover on the Great Lakes has often been thought to cap evaporation that can influence water levels and regional weather. But a new study finds ice doesn’t play as big a role in blocking evaporation as once thought — which could prove vital for predicting future climate conditions and ...