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Ontonagon to have Labor Day Festival this weekend

ONTONAGON —The Village of Ontonagon will celebrate its 70th-annual Ontonagon Labor Day Festival with events Saturday through Monday. Ontonagon Village Manager and Labor Day Festival Committee Treasurer Willie DuPont said the celebration is the village and county’s biggest celebration of the year. “To me, this is very unique. I am not from the area, so nobody really has a Labor Day Festival. Everybody does the Fourth of July,” he said. “This being the 70th annual ... it’s the biggest event in the Village of Ontonagon every year, hands down.” Today’s events include an ...

Painting donated to the Keweenaw Historical Society to raise funds

EAGLE HARBOR — A remarkable chapter in Great Lakes maritime history will be commemorated in September as the Keweenaw Historical Society marks the 100th anniversary of the wreck of the City of Bangor — and the extraordinary rescue of its cargo of brand-new automobiles. On Sept. 1, the ...

MSP completes trust building campaign pledge

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State Police has been designated as a Trust Building Pledge agency committed to focusing on strengthening trust and collaboration between officers and the communities they serve. The achievement is part of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Trust Building Campaign, in which agencies pledge to focus on six key areas: bias-free policing, use of force, leadership and culture, recruitment, hiring and retention, victim services and community relations. The MSP entered the pledge in August 2024 with 36 months to complete it, which it did in ...

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Kingsford man faces drug charges in Wisconsin death

FLORENCE, Wis. — A Kingsford man was taken into custody last week and faces drug charges in Florence County in connection with the April death of a Vilas County, Wis., man, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. Mark Allan Johnson II was arrested Aug. 26, Sheriff Teresa Chrisman said Thursday in a news release that lists charges of first degree reckless homicide/delivery of drugs, manufacture/deliver amphetamine and manufacture/delivery of narcotics. Johnson was in the Florence County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to the sheriff. The arrest was made after an ...

Average mortgage rate climbs to highest level in 13 months

Mortgage rates rose again this week, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in more than a year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose 6.71% from 6.66% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was ...