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One person was taken into protective custody in Portage Township on Sunday. Michigan State Police report that troopers responded Sunday around 2:30 pm to a report of an armed male individual suffering a mental health crisis. MSP reports that one woman and two minors were also inside the home at …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school baseball yesterday…• Jeffers edged Houghton 4-3 in eight innings. Cody Turner struck out 13 over six innings for the Jets, and also had two hits and an RBI. Levi Frahm struck out four over the final …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home:  Roberta Mary Lambert, age 81, of Baraga, Michigan passed away on Sunday, April 14th, 2024 at her home. Per her wishes there will be no funeral services. Jacobson Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Houghton County shows support for the USPS Iron Mountain Processing and Distribution Center in Kingsford. Last week the Houghton County Commission approved a resolution showing support for keeping the regional mail processing center open after the postal service announced earlier in the year plans to review the facility’s operations. The …

Copper Country Angel Mission receives a grant to support an equipment purchase for the local food pantry. Copper Country Angel Mission recently was awarded a 250-dollar grant by the Thrivent Action Teams, to purchase a new refrigerator for the food pantry. Copper Country Angel Mission says that the remaining cost …

Michigan Tech’s Parade of Nations celebrates diverse cultures coming to the Keweenaw Peninsula. Each year leading up to the end of the previous spring semester the parade’s organizers open the annual Parade of Nations essay contest to incoming freshmen. This year the essay contest will ask high school seniors to …

Older residents of the Copper Country may remember going out on the town for an old-time Copper Country dance years ago. And the Kivajat Dancers are ready to introduce the tradition to a new generation. This Friday the Kivajat dance group will invite the community to a once-regular night out, …

Nearly a year after the hard work began, the Finnish American Heritage Center was rededicated last week as a pillar of Finnish American culture in the United States. When the Finlandia Foundation National heard the news that Finlandia University in Hancock was going to close, leaders took it upon themselves …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school baseball today…• Houghton entertains Jeffers. In high school softball…• Calumet plays at Lake Linden-Hubbell. In high school soccer…• The Houghton girls entertain Kingsford. NHL The Red Wings welcome the Canadiens tonight, in a game they must …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school baseball Saturday… • Lake Linden-Hubbell dropped both ends of a doubleheader against Ironwood, 15-5 in five innings, and 28-1 in four innings. College Hockey Denver blanked Boston College 2-0 to win the NCAA Division I hockey …