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Click on the blue links for more details. High School Calumet will host Westwood in the opening round of the high school football playoffs this coming weekend. The undefeated Copper Kings are seeded second in District One of Division Six. Traverse City St. Francis will host Elk Rapids in the …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school football yesterday… – Lake Linden-Hubbell lost to Gladstone 44-22. – Ontonagon blanked Atlanta 24-0. The high school football playoff pairings will be announced this evening. Calumet is the only local team likely to qualify. The Copper Kings …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school football last night… – Calumet put an exclamation point on a perfect regular season with a 49-7 win over L’Anse. Travis Ojala ran for three touchdowns for the Copper Kings. Brent Loukus passed for a score, and …

A report recently discovered in the National Archives in Washington DC shows that Michigan Tech played a small role in World War I. Military historian Steven Walton learned from the report that troops were trained and lived on campus as part of a military-mining course. Michigan Tech was known as …

As an iconic American retailer has filled for bankruptcy and announced it will be closing 142 retail stores in the upcoming months, it has created some confusion for shoppers in the UP.  Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 on Monday, and a Copper Country retailer wants to let shoppers know …

DICKINSON COUNTY — A 4-year-old doe killed on a deer damage shooting permit in Dickinson County’s Waucedah Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking the first confirmation of the incurable deer disease within Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. According to the Michigan Department of Natural of Resources, the finding was …

The family of a Calumet man missing since the Vietnam War can finally have closure after his remains were laid to rest Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. The remains of US Army Staff Sergeant Marshall Kipina were identified earlier this year and interred with full military honors in a special …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball last night… – Houghton claimed the Copper Spike for the fifth straight year, with a 3-0 victory over Hancock. – Lake Linden-Hubbell got past Jeffers 3-2 (25-11, 25-16, 22-25, 22-25, 15-4) – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City came …

Folks enjoying the Maasto Hiihto trails this winter will need to take the paths less traveled. Many of the trails were damaged by the Father’s Day Flood and remain unusable, according to the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club’s John Diebel, who gave an update to the Hancock City Council at their …

She will be remembered for making Hancock a better place.  Those were the words of outgoing Hancock Mayor Lisa McKenzie, speaking of longtime public servant and beloved Hancock resident Mary Tuisku. Tuisku passed away suddenly in May of 2017 at the age of 70 while as a member of the …