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L’Anse’s marina channel will be dredged sometime this summer, but not right away. At last night’s council meeting, village manager Bob LaFave said a recent storm had swept a lot of sand into the channel. Permission is needed from the Army Corps of Engineers to remove the sand, and LaFave …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In baseball yesterday…• Hancock v Ironwood – no report.• Houghton v Iron Mountain – no report. On the baseball schedule today…• Calumet welcomes Negaunee.• Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Ironwood.• Jeffers entertains L’Anse.• Ontonagon hosts Gogebic. In softball yesterday…• Houghton …

Throughout the state, municipalities are working with residents to remove lead service lines from homes. A portion of the efforts have been funded by the state, notably through the Environment Great Lakes and Energy Department. Recently EGLE announced several municipalities throughout the state will receive grant funds to support various stages in lead service line removal. …

School semesters have nearly wrapped up. And while local high school future alumni are focused on summer fun. The Houghton High School Alumni Association is working to finalize plans for the 2024 All School Reunion. Organizers have planned for the reunion on July 18th and 19th and will honor class milestones for the …

Copper Shores announced that 81,683.20 dollars will support five recreation and facility projects in the Copper Country. The Copper Shore Community Health Foundation announced last week that five organizations will receive funds to support the Community Recreation Facilities RFP program. The project will support long-term sustainability goals that promote healthy living. The Michigan …

Seniors graduating from local high schools might have already enjoyed their prom. But another group of seniors will have a chance to have some fun later this month. The Gardenview Senior prom will return to the Copper Country near the end of May. Gardenview’s residents their families and Gardenview staff will enjoy a night …

Two large highway infrastructure projects will start this week in the western Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Transportation will begin repaving work on US-2 in Gogebic County today and resurfacing on M-28 in Ontonagon County on Wednesday. The two projects represent over 20 million dollars invested into road infrastructure …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School At the Negaunee Baseball Invitational Saturday…• Calumet fell to Marquette 10-0. The Copper Kings were held hitless in a four-inning game.• Houghton downed Calumet 12-9. Hudson Markham had four hits for the Gremlins, and Cam Anderson had three for …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School At the Negaunee Baseball Invitational Saturday…• Calumet fell to Marquette 10-0. The Copper Kings were held hitless in a four-inning game.• Houghton downed Calumet 12-9. Hudson Markham had four hits for the Gremlins, and Cam Anderson had three for …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program: Host Todd VanDyke talks with Michigan Tech’s Caryn Heldt and Dave Reed about the new H-STEM complex, and what it means to the university and the community. Hear the discussion here. On this segment of Copper Country Today, Copper Shores Community Health Foundation …