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(RRN) Man Arrested On Drugs Charges; Judge Closes Business
 A Marquette businessman has been arrested on drugs charges. Michael Jestila owns Backroom Obsessions on Front Street in downtown Marquette. The UPSET team did a joint investigation with Marquette Police back in December, and found possible controlled....
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(RRN) McBroom Says Prisoners Should Pay State Sales Tax
 The Michigan House passed legislation this week that will force Michigan prisoners to start paying sales tax on items they purchase. Prisoners have had a sales tax exemption in this state since 1971. Southern U.P. state representative Ed McBroom says....
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(RRN) Escanaba Area Public Schools Plan Three Budget Forums
 The Escanaba Area Public Schools are already looking toward the next budget year. What condition is the district in? There are a lot of unanswered questions this far in advance, but Superintendent Michele LeMire says there will be a couple of public forums....
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(RRN) Man Runs Away From Marquette District Court Hearing
 Authorities in Marquette County are looking for an escaped prisoner. They are looking for 27-year-old Troy Alan Luoma, who ran away from authorities Thursday at the Marquette County Courthouse. Luoma was being arraigned in 96th District Court when Judge Roger Kangas...
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(RRN) Shooting Incident In Escanaba; Suspect Surrenders
A shooting incident on Escanaba's south side leads to a six-hour standoff. Public Safety says it was called out to a neighborhood along South 30th Street at about 5:30 Thursday afternoon. A witness reported a gunshot and a woman screaming inside a home in that area....
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(RRN) Home Damaged By Fire In Schoolcraft County
A home was damaged by fire in Schoolcraft County's Doyle Township on Thursday. Manistique Public Safety says the fire broke out at 40-02 Kelly Road at around noontime…that's near the town of Gulliver. Crews went back to the scene Friday afternoon as some hot spots reignited....
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(RRN) Grey Wolf Leaves Federal Endangered Species List Fri.
At the stroke of midnight Friday morning, the grey wolf was taken off of the federal endangered species list and management of the animal was shifted to the state DNR. So, what does that mean for the management of wolves here in the Upper Peninsula? DNR wildlife biologist Brian Roell says....
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(RRN) Democratic Poll Suggests McDowell Leads Benishek
A new poll suggests that U-P Congressman Dan Benishek could be in trouble for re-election this November. The poll put out by "House Majority PAC" shows Democrat Gary McDowell leading Benishek 46-percent-to-41. Benishek defeated McDowell in the 2010 election....
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(RRN) Phony Cop Incident Was Teenaged Prank
You may recall the story from Marquette County, where a woman said a phony cop tried to pull her over on a rural county road late Saturday night. Well, the sheriff now says it was teenagers doing it as a prank. Police received numerous tips from the public about these incidents...
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(RRN) Ironwood Boy Arrested on Arson Charges
 A home was damaged by fire Tuesday night in the western U-P. Police say the blaze broke out at about 6 p.m. on Lake Street in the City of Ironwood. A few hours after the fire started, police arrested a 17-year-old boy...
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