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We Energies Foundation boosts Rewarding Responders Grant

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MILWAUKEE — The We Energies Foundation this year is providing its largest donation yet through the Rewarding Responders Grant program to help police, fire and emergency medical services agencies improve public safety. The foundation will provide $150,000 in grant funding — up from $100,000 ...

AG Nessel releases opioid settlement spending guidance and report

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LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the addition of an opioid settlement report and spending guidance to the Department of Attorney General’s website to strengthen transparency in how opioid settlement funds are used across the state. In July 2025, the Department of ...

LAPP looks for help with work bee at Lake Antoine

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Lake Antoine Park Partners is calling on community members to help prepare the park for the summer season. The first work bee of the year is slated from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Lake Antoine Park in Iron Mountain. Volunteers will assist with a variety of cleanup ...

MDOT lifting remaining highway restrictions

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Remaining seasonal weight restrictions on all state trunkline highways in Michigan will be lifted effective 7 a.m. Friday, the Michigan Department of Transportation said. State routes typically carry I, M or U.S. designations. County road commissions and city public works departments put in ...

Gallows built in Marquette County draw controversy

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MARQUETTE — Last week, Tom Pegenau, owner of Pegenau Builders, set up a wooden gallows structure with a noose outside of the Pegenau Builders business on M-28 in Chocolay Township, later painted with the words “bureaucrats,” “justice” and “freedom,” along with a banner reading ...