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The Flood With Love initiative from the Portage Health Foundation is winding down after expending nearly $2 million in flood relief following last year’s flood over Father’s Day weekend. Executive Director Kevin Store said out of nearly 500 applications for help, they are down to only nine projects that carried …

If you want to have a reindeer herd in the Upper Peninsula, you need a reindeer expert. Antti Pätsi , a reindeer herder from Finland, is joining the folks from the Finnish Theme Committee this weekend for the annual Heikinpäivä celebration. He will be giving a presentation on Saturday called …

Fans coming to watch the Finlandia Lions men’s hockey team battle for a playoff spot Friday night at the Houghton County Arena have more reasons than just a great game to come out and cheer on the home team. It’s Fan Appreciation Night and Coach Joe Burcar says there will …

Heikki Lunta has arrived just in time to take part in tomorrow’s Heikinpäivä celebration.  The big day features a parade, a tori, and festivities on the Quincy Green. Temperatures will hover in the low single digits and the wind chill will make it feel like it’s minus 30.  Since this …

One woman was killed in an accident Thursday night in Marquette County.  Troopers from the Michigan State Police Negaunee Post responded to a two-vehicle crash on US-41 near Brebner Road in Negaunee Township. Officers say a 2004 Toyota Avalon driven by an 81-year-old man from Sands Township was eastbound on …

The average unemployment rate in the Upper Peninsula dropped last year, eight-tenths of a percentage point below the 2017 average rate. The latest seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates were released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Though the unemployment rate dropped for all major labor markets in …

High School In high school hockey last night, the Houghton game against Kingsford was postponed. No make-up date has been announced. In hockey tonight… – Calumet hosts Escanaba. – The Wisigan Cup Tournament begins at the SDC. Negaunee will face Merrill in the opening game at 6:00, and Jeffers will …

IRONWOOD —Gogebic Community College is working on creating a new five-year plan, what officials are calling a “Strategic Agenda,” which they hope will help guide the internal and external operations of the college.  They’re also looking for feedback from the community. A survey will ask respondents to first identify their …

Charges are expected against a woman who left her 2-year-old child out in the car with freezing temperatures. Ishpeming Police say they responded to a report Wednesday from employees at the Salvation Army that a small child was locked in a vehicle with no one around.  The vehicle was not …

A local power plant is hoping to add to its fuel source in the near future and it has citizens who reside in its general vicinity concerned.  Many turned out at the L’Anse Area School last night for a set of public meetings that could result in permitting the L’Anse …