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Superiorland Yesterdays

60 years ago NEGAUNEE — With the opening of another school year little more than a week away, Police Chief Ralph Carlson today suggested that parents of children who will be entering school for the first time familiarize youngsters with the route they should follow. “Some of the kindergarten children have been prepared in many ways for their first school year by enrollment in Operation Head Start, but our principal concern is that they be well aware of any traffic hazards they may encounter along the way to and from school,” Chief Carlson said. “This is particularly true for ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife to survey Great Lakes tributaries to search for lamprey

MUNISING — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct work in the Anna River, Five Mile Creek, and Furnace Creek in Alger County between Sept. 8 and Oct. 1 to estimate the abundance of sea lampreys. The information gathered will be used to determine the need for control measures. Sea ...

Line 5: Where Jocelyn Benson, John James, Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers stand

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state Attorney General Dana Nessel are fighting in court to shut down Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 ...

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Assuring access to electronic waste recycling in U.P.

MARQUETTE — It started as a complaint in 2014 about an unregistered electronics recycler with a pile of televisions behind their place of business. It ended with the Environmental Protection Agency in 2020 spending over $1 million to cleanup over 1.2 million pounds of crushed television ...

Pair nabbed in online child abuse investigation

MENOMINEE — A pair of Menominee men have been arrested and charged with aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime. The cases are separate and were handled by separate press releases from the Michigan State Police. Allen Kerby, 45 and Alexander Aikman, 28, appeared for arraignment in 95A Judicial District Court of Menominee County on Wednesday. Kerby faces two counts of child sexually abusive material – aggravated possession and two counts of using a computer to commit a crime. Aikman is charged with seven counts of child ...