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Kids Fishing Day returns to DNR Pocket Park in Escanaba today

The Kids Fishing Day Team has announced it will be celebrating the 33rd anniversary of its annual Kids Fishing Day this year. The day full of fun, fishing and families will be held today at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Pocket Park, located on the Upper Peninsula State ...

US and Iran are close to a deal to end their war, officials say

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran are close to signing an agreement aimed at ending their war, three regional officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A senior U.S. official said the tentative deal includes terms for removing and destroying nuclear material from Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted Friday on X that an agreement "has never been closer." He gave no details, saying a final deal was still pending. The apparent breakthrough in negotiations comes after Iran exchanged fire with the U.S. and Israel over three days this week, threatening to ...

Michigan State University Extension to offer Conservation Stewards program

MARQUETTE — Michigan State University Extension’s Conservation Stewards Program is returning this fall for its 20th year across the state, and for a second year in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Conservation Stewards Program is an educational program for adult learners 18 years and ...

Road repair underway

MARQUETTE — One of Marquette’s most notorious potholes is being addressed on 4th Street this month, as part of the city’s busy road work season. But the work happening now is just the beginning. “The majority of the street improvements project is routine heavy maintenance to roads ...

Pictured Rocks Days to be held this weekend

MUNISING — Pictured Rocks Days in Munising will be held from 3-8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Binsfield Bayshore Park in Munising. The event is free to attend, and will feature live music, food trucks, a beer tent, arts and crafts, interpretive and informational vendors ...

Michigan hopes new program will turn apprenticeships into degrees

Ten trade unions and 24 community colleges have signed up to participate in Michigan’s new College Credit for Apprenticeships Program, officials said Wednesday in a celebration at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. That includes at least one location in the Upper Peninsula, Keweenaw Bay ...