ESCANABA – U.P. Craft Beer Week in the Upper Peninsula celebrates the combination of food and unique beers from Michigan. It starts Monday with a variety of events in Escanaba, Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie and the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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Sale of Upper Peninsula Power Company completed
ISHPEMING — Upper Peninsula Power Company announced today that the sale of the utility has been completed, marking a return of UPPCO to its original roots of being a Michigan-headquartered energy provider.
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Bays de Noc welcomes Cabela’s National Walleye Tour anglers
ESCANABA – The Cabela’s National Walleye Tour kicks early Friday morning for two days of fishing. Tournament Director Anthony Wright said anglers have been in the area all week trying to find the right place to catch fish on the Bays de Noc.
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Legislature passes initiative to keep wolf hunting option in Upper Peninsula
LANSING – The Michigan House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill that would continue to allow wolf hunting in the Upper Peninsula. The vote was 65-to-43.
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U.P. Steam & Gas Engine Show Labor Day weekend features Sheppard Diesel
ESCANABA – The U.P. Steam & Gas Engine Association Show begins today at the U.P. State Fairgrounds and runs through Labor Day. Association president Skip Dufour says this year they will feature Sheppard Diesel, a rare tractor that is attracting enthusiasts from all over the country.
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Upper Peninsula vineyards place at international wine competition
ESCANABA – Two Upper Peninsula vineyards won medals at the 2014 International Cold Climate Wine Competition Tuesday in Minnesota. Northern Sun Winery in Bark River won a Bronze and Leigh’s Garden Winery in Escanaba won a gold, silver and three broze medals at the event this week.
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Union at Escanaba Public Safety rejects contract proposal
ESCANABA – Union members with Teamsters Local 406 representing Escanaba Public Safety officers and dispatch at voted down a three year collective bargaining agreement Wednesday. The vote was 18 to 7. Escanaba City Manager Jim O’Toole says the agreement was reached through mediation.
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McBroom wants to protect meaning of ‘state fair’ designation
ESCANABA – State Rep. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, wants to protect the title of “state fair” for the Upper Peninsula State Fair by allowing the Department of Agriculture to designate only one other state fair in the state.
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U.P. State Fair organisers say fair was successful
ESCANABA – Attendance records will not be available until the end of the week but organizers of the Upper Peninsula State Fair feel the fair this year was a success.
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Youth benefit by showing livestock, participating in auction at U.P. State Fair
ESCANABA – The end of the Upper Peninsula State Fair Sunday will also be the end of a chapter in Taylor Granquist’s life. The Powers teen has been showing animals at the fair for the past 12 years. She showed her final steer at the Junior Market Livestock Auction Saturday.
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