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Major Portage Lake Lift Bridge project changes as planning continues

HOUGHTON — The Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock will get an extensive, multi-year repair and upgrade under plans being developed by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Work will include removing and replacing the upper and lower decks of the lift span, ...

Callie Barr holds campaign office party

MARQUETTE — On Friday, congressional candidate Callie Barr, D-Traverse City, held a campaign office party at her office located at 131 W. Washington St., in Marquette. The event was meant to rally support ahead of the November election and drew several dozen volunteers and supporters of her ...

MSP promotes Welch to inspector

MARQUETTE — There's a new Michigan State Police inspector in the Upper Peninsula and as a result, a change in the agency's regional command structure. MSP has announced that Jason Welch has been promoted to the rank of inspector, where he will serve as the assistant district commander for ...

Town Hall held in Forsyth Township addresses data centers, military presence

FORSYTH TOWNSHIP — Representatives from Forsyth and West Branch townships and Marquette County met Wednesday night at K.I. Sawyer Elementary School for a town hall on the topics of data centers and a new military presence at the old K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base. Forsyth and West Branch ...

Where things stand in Line 5 saga

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. ST. IGNACE — More than a decade into Michigan’s debate about Line 5, the question of how to keep oil from spilling out of the ...