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Local Athlete 2024 Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Feb. 13 – The Michigan High School Athletic Association has selected nine student-athletes from Class B member schools to receive scholarships through the MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award program.  Farm Bureau Insurance, in its 35th year of sponsoring the award, will give $2,000 college scholarships to 32 individuals […]

Man dies in Iron River home explosion

At approximately 9:30 pm CST on 2/10/24, deputies from the Iron County Sheriff’s Department and troopers from the Michigan State Police, Iron Mountain Post, were dispatched to an explosion at 820 Cayuga St. in the City of Iron River. Upon arrival, officers found the residence mostly destroyed with debris scattered […]

Woman dies in Rudyard house fire, four others escape

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI – A woman died in a house fire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Wednesday evening while four others escaped. The fire was reported just before 7 p.m. at a residence on H-40 just west of Rudyard in Chippewa County, police said. The county undersheriff, a deputy and a […]

Earn your MBA at LSSU online

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news with you – this fall, we’re launching our online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. This revamped curriculum is tailored specifically for today’s professionals, featuring dynamic 8-week courses that allow for a well-balanced approach to education and personal responsibilities over a span of […]

Did the groundhog see his shadow?

Not surprising, but it’s official: spring is right around the corner. Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow in front of thousands of spectators Friday morning at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, part of the annual Groundhog Day tradition celebrated in the U.S. and Canada. That means, according to the […]

Wife wounds husband in U.P. shooting

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP — Two people were arrested after a wife shot and wounded her husband in Portage Township, according to the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the Curtis Travelers Lodge in Portage Township Tuesday about 4:33 p.m. after a report of a man being shot by his […]

Officer Involved Shooting in Kalkaska County

KALKASKA COUNTY, MI. On Saturday, January 27, 2024, deputies from the Kalkaska County Sheriff’sOffice were called to a residence on Ingersol Road in Fife Lake for a domestic assault. The suspect, a35-year-old man from Fife Lake, had fled the scene. On Sunday, the suspect was seen on a neighboring property […]

Sault team wins Michigan Future City Competition

 A team from the Upper Peninsula will represent Michigan in the national Future City Competition, after winning the Michigan Regional Competition Tuesday at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. The finals will be held Feb. 17-20 in Washington, D.C., as part of National Engineers Week. Some 60,000 middle school students from 1,800 […]