Michigan’s Copper Country is being encouraged to dial all ten digits when they make a phone call. Within a couple of months, it will be required. The transition phase is known as permissive dialing, which began Saturday. Usually, it applies when a new area code is created. During the permissive …

Principal Steve Aho can cross another item off his to-do list as he works to get the area’s newest school up and running by fall. Copper Island Academy brought on Aho and one other full-time employee late last year to shepherd the institution through the authorization process. Recently, Central Michigan …

Friday evening, area law enforcement began searching for a 17-year-old boy who went missing near Paulding. The most recent press release from Ontonagon County Sheriff Dale Rantala says his department has been joined by Michigan State Police along with several local, county and federal agencies. K-9 units have been brought …

Houghton High School’s Micaela Geberkoff talks about her selection to the Michigan 4-H State Youth Leadership Council. Dr. Zach DeYoung from Upper Great Lakes Health Center speaks about treating addiction.

At 1:27 Friday afternoon, a call came into Tamarack City Fire about a blaze in the upper levels of a home at the corner of M-26 and Sixth Street. Chief Stephen Klein says damage was extensive. There’s actually a full third floor, got a finished floor. The floor is gone. …

For decades, everyone knew what the Friday before graduation at Michigan Tech meant for Houghton and Hancock bars. During a pandemic, Senior Walk is far less certain. Houghton Police Chief says his department is preparing for a quiet edition of the rowdy tradition. It was very crowded at one time. …

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office has announced that former Ontonagon and Dickinson County priest Gary Jacobs has pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct charges in four cases. He has a hearing for a fifth on May 3rd. Jacobs served in the Catholic Church in the Western Upper Peninsula in the …

Hancock Central High School’s Austin Salani and Calumet’s Dean Loukus are both on Team Michigan Seniors in the prestigious National Invitational Tournament this weekend. The annual event is a great opportunity for players to be scouted by all levels of professional and amateur hockey if they intend to continue their …

After Wednesday’s Hancock City Council meeting, the group held a budget workshop. City Manager Mary Babcock said one of the major expenses that will occur over the next five years is replacing the aging vehicle fleet. She is proposing buying two new trucks in the coming months. When we’re talking …

The Minneapolis Police Department has navigated a turbulent stretch under the guidance of a Finlandia University graduate. Chief Medaria Arradondo has a criminal justice degree from what was then Suomi College in the late 1980’s. Arradondo explained how that came to be in an interview with Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine. I …