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Marquette created as port to ship iron ore

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(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For this week’s “America at 250” story, see page ...

Snowmobile trail fees to rise by $13 in Michigan

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A required five-year adjustment for snowmobile trail permit fees will increase the price from $52 to $65 and will remain in place for the next five years, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. This change follows a statutory requirement — Public Act 400 of 2008 — to adjust ...

Evers, GOP leaders reach deal on tax relief, school funding

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After months of negotiation, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders in the Legislature said Monday they’ve reached a deal that would spend down the state’s budget surplus on tax relief and education. But whether the deal would actually pass appeared uncertain after several ...

Expansion of a new nation started along the Ohio River

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(Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through ...

Michigan regulators look to change buck-centric culture

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(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Elliot Hubbard and his wife own a small hobby farm in Michigan’s Thumb region where Hubbard said “it’s not uncommon to see 30 to 40 does in ...