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They’ve Pulled Nearly 680,000 Pieces Of Trash From The Great Lakes — And Their Next Stop Is Lake Superior

A Lake Superior cleanup with a bigger goal — one million pieces of litter pulled from the Great Lakes — is coming to Marquette next month. A Million-Piece Mission Most…

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A U.P. Family Is Racing to Save the 100-Year-Old Toonerville Trolley Before It’s Scrapped

For nearly a century, the Toonerville Trolley carried families deep into the Tahquamenon wilderness on a narrow-gauge track most people…

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A Yooper’s Birthday Party Grew Into a Music Festival, and This Year It’s Giving Back to Veterans

Drewpalooz4 takes over the Pine Grove Bar in Republic next weekend, and every dollar goes to U.P. veterans Four years…

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Land Jam benefit concert to return after 6-year hiatus

Land Jam benefit concert to return after 6-year hiatus For more Local News from WLUC: https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/ For more YouTube Content:…

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Free meals offered at Escanaba library during summer

Free meals offered at Escanaba library during summer For more Local News from WLUC: https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/ For more YouTube Content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0VdQ0qx4RpethtRWqjkSCA

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Could the Air Force Come Back to K.I. Sawyer? Marquette County Just Took the First Step

Thirty-one years after losing the base that built it, Marquette County just voted to talk to the military about a…

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