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MDOT awards grants for local road repairs

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MARQUETTE — A pair of Upper Peninsula locations are among 11 statewide to receive a Transportation Economic Development Fund Category F grant, according to a Michigan Department of Transportation news release. The 11 grants total $3.9 million to help rebuild local roads across Michigan, said ...

Kingsford man sentenced to 30 years for sex abuse

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MARQUETTE — A Kingsford man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison with 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting a child. Dalton Wayne Braun, 36, admitted when pleading guilty that he had recorded a video of himself sexually abusing a minor child ...

Dickinson tax rates steady, apart from ND district

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Property tax rates in 2025 are mostly unchanged in Dickinson County, except for townships in the North Dickinson County School District where voters in August 2024 approved a sinking fund levy of up to 1 mill, or $1 per $1,000 of taxable value. The new North Dickinson levy ...

Landmark House of Ludington burns in downtown Escanaba

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ESCANABA — The latest casualty in a plague of fires that has befallen the Delta County seat was a historic building that has been called the “crown jewel of Escanaba” – the House of Ludington, left severely damaged after a blaze broke out Friday morning. General Manager Tyler DuBord ...