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BARAGA, Mich. (WLUC) - Baraga High School Officials have named Mariah Dunham as its new Athletic Director and Physical Education and Health Teacher. The announcement was made on Facebook. Dunham had a 42-39 record in four seasons as head coach of the Finlandia Women’s Basketball Team. She also was.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - A U.P. nonprofit is running for a cause. Great Lakes Recovery Center is hosting its 15th annual Run for Recovery. The event will be returning in person this year, but there will also be a virtual option. To participate in the virtual event, you can walk, run, hop, skip, or even bike any distance you’d like, anywhere you’d like. The in-person walks/runs will be July 28 at 6 p.m. in Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and L’Anse.

A Heat Advisory remains in effect through tonight for Baraga, Dickinson, Florence, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee and Ontonagon counties. High reached into the 90s for many locations Monday afternoon, with heat index values over 100 degrees. Many areas will not see lows drop below 70 degrees Monday night, with heat indices remaining in the 80s, making for very uncomfortable sleeping weather.

Each year, Michigan Technological University’s (MTU) Parade of Nations Committee invites students from middle and high schools of surrounding districts to design and submit logos appropriate to the theme for the event. “The World is One” is this year’s theme and those entering were tasked with making an original logo to go with it on a plain white background, using solid colors (but no more than 5 colors) and with no shading. The Parade of Nations logo contest deadline was May 15 and many students throughout the area participated including Chiara Rapacci, a 17-year-old junior exchange student from.

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WJMN) – Great Lakes Recovery Centers will be holding its 15th annual Run for Recovery this summer. This year the event will be held virtually and in-person. The virtual event will be held for the full week of July 17. You can walk, run, hop, skip,...

REPUBLIC, Mich. (WLUC) - Brian Albert Suomi, 60, of Republic, was arrested for child sexually abusive material after an investigation by the Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The investigation began when a tip was received from the National Center for Missing...

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (WLUC) - The 36th U.P. All-Star Classic basketball games will return to St. Ignace June 18. It will mark the fifth time the game has been held in the Straits city. Led by Mr. U.P. Basketball Jaden Borseth of Ewen-Trout Creek and Miss U.P. Basketball Reide Osterman...

MARQUETTE, MI— A Republic man has been arrested for possessing child pornography. The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That resulted in a search of 60-year-old Brian Suomi’s home. The search netted evidence, including multiple internet-capable devices.