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A drop in temperature is likely the cause of a scarce crowd Sunday afternoon as mushers and canine teams crossed the finish line at the CopperDog 150. Those who did attend, bundled up and lined 5th Street in the village of Calumet to see their favorite teams and anxiously waited …

High School The girls high school basketball tournament opens tonight… In Division Four District 98, L’Anse plays at Chassell, and Lake Linden-Hubbell visits Baraga. Both games will begin at 7:00. In Division Four, District 97, both of tonight’s games will be played at Bessemer. Jeffers faces Watersmeet in the first …

High School Houghton advanced to the Michigan high school hockey Division Three quarterfinals with a 3-2 victory over Calumet yesterday. Goals from Carson Stevens and P.J. Donnelly gave the Gremlins a 2-0 lead after the first period. Jiseung Choi’s goal in the third period made it 3-0. The Copper Kings …

The following press release was issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: A husband and wife from Farmington Hills, Michigan, were rescued early Friday morning after becoming stranded on an old snowmobile trail near Moose Mountain in the western Upper Peninsula’s Baraga County. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation …

In the boys high school basketball tournament last night… In Division Four District 98, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City earned their third consecutive title with a 45-29 victory over Hancock. Davin Hill and Connor LeClaire each had 13 points for the Blue Bolts. Joe Watson paced the Bulldogs with 10 points. In …

Baraga’s Martina Jahfetson has been named the Most Valuable Girls Basketball Player in the Copper Mountain Conference. Fahran Kolpack of Ontonagon was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Ewen-Trout Creek’s Jacky Besonen was honored as Coach of the Year. Jahfetson was joined on the All-Conference Elite team by Vikings …

The Hancock School Public Library will host an open house to celebrate the reopening of the library under management of the Portage Lake District Library (PLDL) on Friday, March 8 from 3:30 – 6:00pm and continuing on Saturday, March 9 from 10:00am – 2:00pm. The Friends of the Portage Lake …

By Stefanie Sidortsova, JD-Executive Director of Communications, Michigan Technological University https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2019/march/next-phase-of-hstem-complex-planning-and-design-moves-forward.html University Board of Trustees approves expenditures for planning and design of H-STEM Complex. At its regular meeting in Houghton today, the Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees approved expenditures to complete planning and design for what is currently being …

The following press release was issued by the Governor’s office: LANSING, Mich. – Today Governor Whitmer signed an executive order that establishes the Marijuana Regulatory Agency within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). This Agency combines previous authorities, functions, and duties into a modernized process which allows for LARA …

A Houghton man was killed when his snowmobile collided with a vehicle. The Michigan State Police Calumet Post says troopers were dispatched around 4:20pm Thursday to an accident on Lake Annie Road and Trail #3 in Franklin Township. Troopers say 63-year-old Timothy Young was traveling south on the trail and …