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Tech Hockey Falls at NMU – Saturday Sports Wrap

Click on the highlights for more details. High School In girls basketball last night… – L’Anse downed Wakefield-Marenisco 60-44 in a game that was postponed from January 11th. – The game between Ewen-Trout Creek and Watersmeet was canceled because of the weather. With the playoffs beginning Monday, it will not …

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Nordstrom Leads Great Lakes Hockey Conference All Stars

Hancock hockey player Alex Nordstrom has been named the Player of the Year in the Great Lakes Hockey Conference. Dan Rouleau of the conference champion Bulldogs has been named Coach of the Year. Here are the 2017-2018 All Conference Teams: FIRST TEAM – Forward: Brent Loukus, Calumet; Dawson McKay, Houghton; …

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Victims in Deadly Ironwood Fire Identified

The Ironwood Department of Public Safety has released the identities of those killed in the fatal downtown fire Wednesday morning. 57-year-old Mark Arnold Verrete, 51 year-old Patrick James Somerville and 27 year-old Levi Dean Watkins all perished in the blaze. All were Ironwood residents. State and federal authorities continue to …

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MTU to Honor Sen. Gary Peters

The Michigan Technological University Board of Directors voted today to award an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree to United States Senator Gary Peters at the upcoming Spring commencement ceremony. Peters will be the featured speaker at the ceremony. For more details, read the university’s press release here.

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Seasonal Road Restrictions Announced

Seasonal weight restrictions for roads in Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties will take effect Tuesday, February 27th, at 8:00 am. Signs will NOT be posted. To see the details, click here, or visit the Houghton County Road Commission website.

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State funding may help Houghton County roads

Houghton County Road ways may receive some upgrades soon as the result of state funding. A bill is in the works amongst the state legislature what would distribute $175,000,000 to Michigan road ways in the upcoming months. If passed, the county would receive $390, 000 that would be used for …

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DNR seeks volunteers for annual frog and toad survey

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteers throughout the state to assist with its annual frog and toad survey, an effort that helps biologists monitor frog and toad abundance and distribution in the state. Declining populations of frogs, toads and other amphibians have been documented worldwide since the …

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New Seasonal Restaurant for Laurium

The city of Laurium will be home to a new restaurant this spring. Earlier this week, business partners Roger Reider and Amanda Kesti addressed the Laurium village council with their plans to open the seasonal restaurant in the building once occupied by Irish Times. The new restaurant will be named …

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Baraga and L’Anse Solar Study Receives Funding.

As solar energy costs continue to fall, public utilities across the Upper Peninsula are asking If solar energy can work in their communities? Thanks to a $63,000 grant from the American Public Power Association, two Keweenaw  municipalities soon will find out. WPPI Energy will use the grant to lead a …

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