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The Houghton County Medical Care Facility is now Canal View—Houghton County. A vote to choose a new name was held last summer with Canal View being selected over a second choice of Waterway. The Department of Health and Human Services approved of the name change as of July 1st. The …

The Calumet Theatre is holding an Open House for those interested in becoming volunteers at the Theatre. Areas of need include ushering, technical, maintenance, poster delivery, special events and more. The event will take place in the Red Jacket Ballroom at 7pm on July 11. Calumet Theatre staff will make …

The Upper Peninsula’s representatives in Lansing and Washington are spending part of their summer break visiting with the people who sent them there. U.S. Congressman Jack Bergman, State Senator Ed McBroom, and State Representative Greg Markkanen held a meet and greet at Michigan Tech’s Student Development Complex on Sunday. Bergman …

A Hancock woman is safe after being rescued Sunday when she fell into Lake Superior. Deputies from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to McLain State Park on M-203 around 4:40pm on a report of someone clinging to a kayak after falling into the water far from shore. Authorities …

A 60-year-old Calumet man is hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle on Saturday. Deputies from the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the accident shortly after 3:30pm. Authorities say the man was traveling north on the Gay-Lake Linden Road near Coal Dock Road when he lost control of the 2002 …

MLB Max Scherzer struck out 14 Tigers, as the Washington Nationals edged Detroit 2-1 yesterday. The former Tiger gave up four hits over eight innings. One was a home run by Brandon Dixon in the seventh inning. Jordan Zimmermann pitched well for Detroit, allowing a run on four hits over …

MLB On the day when the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers were honored, the current Tigers broke their eight-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the Washington Nationals. Miguel Cabrera had three hits, to raise his season batting average to .300. The three runs he drove in lifted him past …

MLB The Detroit Tigers’ bats remained quiet last night, in a 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals. Daniel Norris took the tough loss, giving up two runs over five innings. The Tigers’ only score came on a home run by Nicholas Castellanos. Detroit has now lost eight games in a …

Michigan Technological University and six other hockey programs have submitted paperwork to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, notifying the organization of their plans to leave the conference. The seven schools plan to organize a new hockey conference, which would begin play in the 2021-2022 season. They would remain members of …

US Congressman Jack Bergman is lashing out at Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for her legal actions to shut down the Enbridge Line 5. Nessel filed two lawsuits on Thursday in Ingham County Circuit Court calling for a shutdown of the dual pipelines underneath the Straits of Mackinac “as soon …