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Enbridge estimates Line 5 gas leak in Wisconsin will cost $15M

A report filed with federal regulators estimates an August gas leak on Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin will cost at least $15.1 million. An accident report filed by Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership on Thursday to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials ...

Marquette County GOP chairman resigns over social media posts

MARQUETTE — Jackson Karki, the 19-year-old chairman of the Marquette County Republican Party, has resigned after a series of posts on social media venting frustration about the atmosphere for the GOP going into the midterms. On his Red Lion Politics page on X, formerly Twitter, Karki ...

Wildfires prompt call for more air quality monitors in the UP

LANSING – While Michigan has more than 45 air quality monitoring stations operated by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, only two are in the Upper Peninsula. That raises serious public health concerns due to an increasing number of wildfires and the smoke that ...

Cards of Hope for veterans event Sunday at IM library

IRON MOUNTAIN — Senior Crafting Connections is partnering with the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center for a special Cards of Hope event from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Dickinson County Library. The event will bring people of all ages together to create handmade cards with messages of ...

Breitung Township Schools HOF luncheon reservations due Friday

KINGSFORD — Richard Berlinski, Alvin “Dutch” Cummings and Debbie Poulson will be the third class of inductees into the Breitung Township Schools Achievement Hall of Fame, district officials announced. They will be inducted during a luncheon Friday, Oct. 9, with a social time beginning at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon at Pine Grove Country Club in Iron Mountain. Reservations are due by Friday. To reserve a ticket, contact the school. Cost is $15 to cover the lunch.

Communities that Care awarded federal grant

MENOMINEE — The Communities that Care Coalition of Marinette and Menominee Counties, under the Menominee County Intermediate School District Prevention Services, has been selected to receive a $125,000 federal grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. This award marks the coalition’s sixth year of DFC funding, after experiencing a lapse in funding last fiscal year after ONDCP required a recompete of all awards to ensure applicant compliance with the administration’s executive orders and priorities. This ...