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Former MTU women’s basketball standout Sam Hoyt is returning to campus as the team’s new head coach. Hoyt led the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA Division II title game. She won numerous individual awards during her career, and was an Academic All-American. Since her graduation, she has served as an …

An Indiana man is dead after falling at Hungarian Falls on Monday. The Michigan State Police Calumet Post says the accident happened around 11:30am. 83-year-old Lloyd Gremaux was reportedly sightseeing with his family when he slipped and fell about 80 feet. Gremaux was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers were …

A Wisconsin man is facing charges in Ontonagon County after he was arrested following a hit and run accident. The accident happened on Sunday just before 7:00am when Mass City resident Larry Umlor was traveling west on M-38, about a half mile west of Plank Road, when his vehicle was …

An Ontonagon County man is recovering after he was found following an overnight search. 66-year-old Carl Thomas Kettunen of Trout Creek was found alive Friday afternoon with his off-road vehicle on top of him. The search began Thursday night after Kettunen was reported missing. He was last seen at dinner …

UPDATE: Monday 8:31am–The Houghton Police Department reports that, with help from the public and information received, they have located and identified the driver of the truck involved in the hit and run property damage accident from May 22nd.  The investigation into the accident is ongoing and charges will be sought …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School The high school softball tournament opens today, as Hancock takes on Jeffers at the Boneyard in Lake Linden. Our coverage will begin around 3:10, with the first pitch at 3:30 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. In baseball, Houghton plays a …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB Blaine Hardy turned in seven strong innings, as the Detroit Tigers edged the Chicago White Sox 3-2 yesterday. Hardy allowed a run on three hits, retiring the past 14 batters he faced. Detroit got a run in the second on a …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers gave up four home runs, and fell to the Chicago White Sox 8-4 yesterday. Three of those homers came off Francisco Liriano, who struggled through five innings, allowed five runs, and took the loss. Jeimer Candelario homered twice …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers rallied for three runs in the eighth inning, and edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 last night. Leonys Martin singled home José Iglesias to start the comeback off former Detroit reliever Bruce Rondón. Martin scored on a double by …

MARQUETTE — During a marathon negotiating session that started on Thursday and ended early this morning, the UPHS – Marquette nurses and Duke LifePoint reached an agreement in principle on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement. “This is a win for our entire U.P. community, and we could …