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Scammers targeting senior citizens

MARQUETTE — Another scam is making its way through Superiorland and, indeed, the entire Upper Peninsula, and this one is targeting elderly individuals using fear and impersonation tactics, Michigan State Police report. In one recent case in the U.P., scammers targeted an elderly woman, ...

Copper Country standoff suspect jailed

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP – An hours-long standoff between an alleged gunman and law enforcement from throughout the Upper Peninsula resulted in the arrest of an individual at a home in Osceola Township near the community of Dollar Bay. According to information obtained from the Houghton County ...

Legion fish fry set for Friday

MARQUETTE — The American Legion post, located at 700 W. Bluff St., Marquette, will offer a fish fry from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday. The meal will include white fish, cod, shrimp or chicken strips and a choice of baked potato or french fries. All meals include cole slaw. Call in take out orders ...

Presentation on birds in offing

GWINN — Gary Palmer, Gwinn Are Community Schools science teacher and avid birder, will present a refresher on the birds returning to the north woods this spring. On Tuesday, April 14, in the Community Room at Peter White Public Library, Palmer will be presenting an overview of many of the ...

New book of poetry out

MARQUETTE — From Marquette Arts Writer of the Year winner and the author of the Hunter Lake novel series, B.G. Bradley, comes "North Words: A Year in Poetry" published by Benegamah Press. Bradley's new collection of 367 poems of all seasons and varieties, one for every day of the year and a ...