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The following press release was issued by the Portage Health Foundation: [Hancock, MI] The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is releasing its 2019 Small Grants Request for Proposal (RFP) again for the second year. PHF recognized that grants large and small play a significant role in the community’s ability to meet …

While snow and freezing rain forced schools to close in the Copper Country Monday, parts of the Central Upper Peninsula were hammered with a dangerous ice storm. The weather not only caused school closures in Marquette County and the surrounding areas but the ice also caused widespread power outages. A …

High School Bad weather wiped out all of last night’s high school basketball games. On the girls’ schedule… – The Houghton – Marquette contest was postponed – no make-up date has been announced. – The Chassell – Republic-Michigamme game was postponed – no make-up date has been announced. – The …

The 2019 Winter Carnival Queen is fourth year Biological Sciences pre-med major Jill Poliskey. The Midland native was crowned Saturday night during the Queen’s Coronation at the Rozsa Center. She was also named Miss Congeniality. Poliskey represented St. Albert the Great University Parish and was sponsored by Suomi Home Bakery …

The public works garage in Calumet is still structurally sound following damage received last week when the vacant former church building next door collapsed. Originally St. John the Baptist Croatian Church, the church was closed in the 1960’s when several local Catholic churches were consolidated, and then changed hands several …

Walgreens is preparing to welcome former Shopko pharmacy customers following the acquisition of the department store’s local pharmacy files during their bankruptcy auction last week. Shopko filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January as it restructures its business, including the auctioning of the pharmacies and moving several optical centers …

Several people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday evening in Portage Township.  The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department says the accident happened around 7:20pm on US-41 just north of Denton Road. Authorities say an 89-year-old Mohawk man was attempting to turn north onto US-41 from a private driveway.  The driver …

A logging truck lost its load on the roadway Friday evening in Elm River Township.  The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department says they received a call around 8:45pm about a large pile of logs blocking Pike Lake Road near the Clear Lake Access Road. Authorities say a 32-year-old Escanaba man was …

High School In high school basketball tonight, the Lake Linden-Hubbell gym is doing double duty, accommodating a couple of make-up games. – The girls game against Hancock originally postponed from January 24th will start with the JV contest at 4:15, and the varsity at 5:45 – both in the high …

High School In high school hockey, Calumet, Houghton and Hancock wrapped up play at the Trenton Showcase yesterday morning… – Hancock edged Livonia Churchill 3-2 in a shootout. Petr Anderson scored both Bulldogs goals in the third period. Trevor Tchida had the only score in the shootout. Phillip Rios made 19 saves. …