Volunteers are still needed for next weekend’s Copper Dog 150. There is a volunteer training class at Calumet High School tomorrow, from 11a-1p. The first hour will be inside, with the second hour being hands on with dogs, provided by Tom Bauer. The race begins next Friday, February 28th, continues …

 Visitation for Christopher Turpenien will begin at 11am on Monday, the 24th at Mission United Lutheran Church in Pelkie. Pastor DJ Rasnor is officiating. His funeral begins at 1pm. The families GOFUNDME Page is here. Visitation for Dylan Roberts begins at 4pm, also on Monday the 24th at Reid Funeral …

Baraga teen Hunter Pelon, the lone survivor of this week’s tragedy in L’Anse, is awake, and showing signs of improvement. No word on progress, but her GOFUNDME page states she is awake. She continues her recovery at a hospital in Green Bay. Her GOFUNDME Page, can be found here.

There’s now links to GOFUNDME pages for the students involved in the tragedy from L’Anse earlier in the week. Links to benefit the families affected, are here and here.

The U.P. Regional Blood Center, is in dire need of O negative and O positive donations. The U.P. Regional Blood Center has a collection site in Hancock. If you have the blood types needed, please donate, and help save a life or two. More information is available here

Houghton area student Micaela Geborkoff, has won a $2,000 Michigan State University Pre-College Achievement Scholarship. Eighth through tenth grade students from this school year, who attended an MSU Summer pre-college program last year, were eligible for the award. Geborkoff was part of the 4-H Exploration Days, which is one of …

 A Hancock City Council Member has resigned, and the city hopes to fill her seat at a special meeting set for march 4th at 6pm. Stephanie Tubman, has turned in her resignation, citing personal reasons, and not being able to fulfill her duties. Her term runs through November, and those …

If a poetry slam has been missing from your life, Michigan Tech to the rescue. Michigan Tech’s Black Student’s Association and the Rozsa Center, are welcoming Ebony Stewart, this Friday, February 21st at 7pm. Stewart is a Texas based slam poet and playwright. She has also toured around the world, …

The State of Michigan has two new marijuana laws on the books. Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist signed House Bills 4126 and 4127 into law. Bill 4126 required the Marijuana Regulation Agency  to include warnings on marijuana packaging for women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding. Bill 4127 Required …

Representative Greg Markkanen’s House Bill 5194, which would eliminate the need for a special license to work on pickup trucks, has passed through Michigan’s House of Representatives with unanimous bipartisan support. The current law requires mechanics to have special certifications to work on larger commercial trucks, due to the trucks …