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The road to success started with a coffee break yesterday morning in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Several dozen area business professionals gathered at the Finnish American Heritage Center as they listened to new business ideas and offered suggestions to ensure a successful start. If you’ve ever had an idea for a …

The period between the graduation of the college students and before the public schools get out for the summer is typically a slow time for local law enforcement, so the Houghton Police Department has been taking advantage of the opportunity to get some additional training. Officers took classes in how …

With spring finally here, the city of Houghton is getting ready for summer. City Manager Eric Waara gave an update to the City Council at their regular meeting Wednesday on the progress the Public Works Department has been made in what he called getting “flipped” for summer weather. The last …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school softball today… – Hancock plays at Calumet. Our broadcast coverage will begin around 3:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. – Jeffers visits L’Anse. – Baraga plays at Lake Linden-Hubbell. – Houghton entertains Gogebic. MLB Nomar Mazara’s home …

The two victims of Sunday’s truck fire have officially been identified. The Houghton County Medical Examiner confirmed this afternoon that the bodies pulled from the vehicle near Bear Creek on the Donken-Tapiola Road were those of 19-year-old Joshua Michael Becia of Portage Township, and 19-year-old Jay Henry Stevens of Painesdale. …

In order to keep the public informed about a statewide effort to inventory and classify state forest roads in the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will host a series of meetings during the week of May 14. The meetings will give area residents the opportunity to share …

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — The Unified Command announced that work on the remaining Consumers Energy cables was completed, Tuesday, and that the multi-agency response on the Straits of Mackinac has concluded. Crews contracted by Consumers Energy capped the remaining two retired cables, which featured no free flowing fluid, and returned …

The Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools millage renewal passed during Tuesday’s special election with overwhelming support. Nearly 74 percent of the 255 votes cast were in favor of renewing the millage rate at 18 mills for five years. The millage will generate roughly $1,050,000 annually for the school’s operating expenses.

The vehicle belonging to a Hancock man who went missing last November has been found. The body of 38-year-old Duane Kangas was found in the Portage Canal ten days ago. Authorities pulled his black 1996 Olds Bravada from the canal Tuesday afternoon. The results from an autopsy on Kangas’s body …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school baseball yesterday… – Calumet dropped both ends of its doubleheader against Gogebic, 8-0 and 5-4. – Jeffers v Houghton – not reported. – L’Anse v Hancock – not reported. On the baseball schedule today, Houghton plays at …