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Two snowmobilers are dead after a head-on collision in Gogebic County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post, along with Deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department, were dispatched to the accident Friday around 7:12pm.  The accident happened on Lake Gogebic near the Lake Gogebic State Park, about 500 …

High School In high school hockey yesterday… – Hancock fell to Bay Port 4-1. – Calumet mercied U of D-Jesuit 8-0. Tanner Rowe scored a pair of early goals. Scott Loukus, Brent Loukus, Nick Djerf, Gabe Coppo, Nolan Jenich and Alex Mattila also found the net. Alex Studebaker made 21 …

The fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at Finlandia University will get started Sunday night at 5 p.m. with a brief worship service, continue with the annual day of service and community meal Monday, and conclude on Thursday with the film “When We Were Kings.” On Sunday as …

On Friday, January 18th 2019, detectives from Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) executed a search warrant at a residence on Pine St in the Village of Calumet. The search warrant was the result of a two-month long investigation into the illegal selling of prescription drugs and the attempted solicitation …

Highland Copper Company has received the mining, air and dam safety permits from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for its Copperwood Project at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. A requested amendment to the original mining permit that was granted in 2012 was also approved by the DEQ, allowing …

Michigan conservation officers obtained confessions Tuesday from two Upper Peninsula men suspected in separate, unrelated wolf poaching incidents in Ontonagon and Menominee counties. Prosecuting attorneys are reviewing details of the two cases, with decisions on specific charges to be brought expected soon. Gray wolves are a protected species under the …

An Upper Peninsula ski resort has recently gained some national recognition and been ranked among the top resorts on the continent.  USA Today placed Mt. Bohemia in the #2 spot of its top ten North American ski resorts. “They chose 19 resorts in the west and one in the east, …

High School In high school hockey last night, Hancock mercied Negaunee 8-0. In hockey today… – Hancock welcomes Bay Port at 4:00. – Calumet hosts U of D-Jesuit. Our broadcast will begin at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. – Jeffers will face the host team in the opening round …

Michigan Tech will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a week’s worth of activities. Director for the University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion Kellie Raffaelli said this will make the 30th year that Michigan Tech has celebrated this important week.  “It’s mostly important to recognize his …

Washington – Congressman Jack Bergman announced today that he was nominated to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. Congressman Bergman served in the United States Marine Corps for 40 years, as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and most recently as Commander of Marine Forces North/Marine Forces Reserve. He retired in …