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Outdoors report: First come, first served for U.P. fall turkey permits

IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall turkey licenses are now on sale in Michigan with a quota of 2,200 for the Upper Peninsula. There is no longer a drawing for fall turkey licenses and a hunter can purchase one per year, valid for one turkey of any sex. Licenses will be sold until the quota is met. You ...

Radon contractors increase to better serve community

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula now has five certified radon contractors to serve customers, a 67% increase over the last year. Two of the contractors are new, located in Au Train and Ishpeming respectively, following a radon mitigation training course offered in Marquette by the Michigan ...

Carlson honored as U.P. Veteran of the Year

ESCANABA — Michigan Lt. Gov. Gilchrist honored Raymond E. Carlson for being named 2025 Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year. Carlson, of Negaunee was honored during a ceremony at the Upper Peninsula State Fair Thursday morning attended by Gilchrist and other state and local dignitaries. The ...

Murder trial set for March

ESCANABA — A man accused of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend in 2023 and leaving her body in a Delta County’s O.B. Fuller Park appeared virtually in court Thursday for a pretrial conference. Tavaris Jackson, 35, faces one count of open murder, a felony punishable by up to life in ...

‘The war is over — it’s really over!’

On Aug. 9, 1945, at 3:47 a.m., Bock’s Car lifted off from the largest airfield in the world. On board the B-29 Superfortress was a one-of-a-kind, refrigerator-sized, 10,000 pound cylinder. Contained within its armored steel, ballistic casing was America’s ultimate fury. Seven and ...