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Negaunee water system flushing begins Monday

FROM A NEWS RELEASE NEGAUNEE — The city of Negaunee Department of Public Works will begin water system flushing on Monday. Flushing will generally occur between the hours of 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., and it could take up to three weeks to flush the entire system. Flushing will begin on the south end of town (South of U.S. 41) and progress north. When flushing occurs in a neighborhood, the accumulated sediment in the water mains will be stirred up and much of the sediment will be flushed out of the system. However, due to limitations on the system, some sediment will remain, causing ...

Environmentalists rally around endangered fish as EGLE takes comment on Copperwood Mine permit

As a controversial mining project in the western Upper Peninsula works to renew a critical wastewater permit, environmental advocates are calling on regulators to take a deeper look at how the permit may affect nearby wildlife. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy ...

NICE Community Schools holds 19th spring collage concert

Lake Superior Regional Indivisible to host informational election security event

SKANDIA — At 6 p.m. on May 20, Lake Superior Regional Indivisible will be hosting Promote the Vote’s Election Protection Director Mackenzie Walz at the Skandia Township Hall for a discussion about election security and federal, state and local governments’ roles in elections. ...

Callie Barr kicks off series of town hall meetings, addresses Bergman staffer controversy

MARQUETTE — On Monday evening, 1st Congressional District candidate Callie Barr, D-Michigan, made the first stop of her town hall series in Traverse City. Barr’s Marquette town hall will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. on June 24 at the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University. ...

Producer prices shot up 6% from 2025, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers

WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, the highest point in more than three years, as the Iran war pushes up energy prices and intensifies pressure on companies to pass along their rising costs to consumers. The Labor ...