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Pedestrian killed on US 41 in Baraga

BARAGA — A L’Anse woman was struck and killed by a vehicle in Baraga on Monday night, according to Michigan State Police. The incident took place about 10:20 p.m. Monday on U.S. 41 near the Baraga Lakeside Inn, according to the preliminary examination by the MSP Calumet post. A 66-year-old L’Anse man was traveling southwest on U.S. 41 when a 50-year-old-woman entered the roadway on foot, said Spl/Lt. Ashley Miller, MSP public information officer. The driver, who has not been identified publicly, told police that he was unable to avoid her and she was struck, Miller ...

Wisconsin congressional primaries set stage for November

With Tuesday’s primary elections now complete, the slate of candidates is set for Wisconsin’s U.S. House elections in November. In the 7th Congressional District, Michael Alfonso of Hayward, the 26-year-old son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, won a crowded, often-contentious Republican primary. Fred Clark, 67, of Bayfield, a state Assembly member from 2009 to 2015, won the Democratic primary over two others. In the 7th District congressional primary in Florence County, Alfonso led Republicans with 465 votes, followed by Kevin Hermening with 138 and Jessi ...

Macker is back: Basketball action starts Friday in IM

IRON MOUNTAIN — Get ready to dribble, dunk and cheer as Gus Macker is back, bringing hundreds of basketball players and spectators to Iron Mountain this weekend. Streets will be transformed into a sea of courts for competition and entertainment for three days of family fun and community ...

Michigan court funding unresolved, board told

IRON MOUNTAIN — Action is needed in the Michigan Legislature as a law that allows courts to collect fees from criminal defendants is set to expire Dec. 31, Dickinson County commissioners were told this week. Stephan Currie, executive director of the Michigan Association of Counties, said ...

Feds issue Line 5 tunnel permit

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of ...