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Click on the blue links for more details. Finlandia The Finlandia University women’s soccer team defeated Wisconsin-Superior 2-1 yesterday afternoon. Kirsten L’Esperance scored both of the Lions’ goals. Haley Makela got the win in net. It’s the first time the Lions have ever defeated the Yellowjackets. It’s also the fifth win …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school football yesterday… – Lake Linden-Hubbell earned its first victory of the season, with a 34-8 win over L’Anse. – Ontonagon got past Brimley 32-28. In high school volleyball yesterday, results from Calumet’s competition at the Duluth Invitational …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school football last night… – Calumet remained unbeaten with a 34-0 victory over Norway. Sam Erkkila scored twice for the Copper Kings, and Travis Ojala and Trevor Hendrickson each ran for scores. Brent Loukus tossed a touchdown pass to Matt …

[Hancock, MI] The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) has continued to receive generous donations for their Flood with Love initiative that is helping homeowners get into safe, healthy homes. PHF received a generous donation from Weyerhaeuser of $10,000 to support this initiative. “Citizenship is one of the core values of our …

Two Finnish energy experts are coming to the Copper Country. One is the CEO of a factory in Finland that builds extremely efficient biomass generators, and the other is a researcher at Finland’s BioEconomy Center. They will be part of the Energy Meet-UP next Friday at the Finnish American Heritage …

Houghton Douglass Falls will soon be a State Park in honor of veterans. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources purchased the falls Thursday and says it plans to reopen what is arguably the state’s tallest waterfall for the public to enjoy. Houghton Douglass Falls is a location that many locals …

More reliable power and transmission can be expected when two new generating plants in the Upper Peninsula are complete. Governor Rick Snyder had a call to action in 2015 because he felt there was energy crisis in the UP. “When we set out to develop our project we were looking …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball yesterday… – Houghton blanked Ishpeming 3-0. – Hancock lost to Iron Mountain 3-1. – Lake Linden-Hubbell swept Ontonagon 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, and 25-14). – Ewen-Trout Creek v Bessemer – not reported. – Jeffers defeated L’Anse 3-1 (27-25, …

UPDATE:  The missing man has been found. Police are searching for a missing Calumet man who was last seen over two weeks ago. 61-year-old Steven W. Mulligan has been missing since September 3rd when he was last seen at his residence.  Police say his wallet was turned in to the …

UPDATE– A California woman is dead after falling at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore while trying to take a selfie. 32-year-old Tu Thanh Nguyen slipped and fell Thursday while hiking by herself on the North Country Trail. About 1:30pm…she stopped about a half-mile east of Grand Portal Point to take pictures …