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The search continues for a missing Hancock man and police are asking for your help finding him. Police say 38 year old Duane Kangas went missing 3 weeks ago and neither him nor his vehicle have been seen since.   He was last seen at the Krist gas station in …

The Italian Hall Tragedy Victims Memorial will not be ready to be installed until the spring. A post on the group’s Facebook page says there was a problem with the quality of the solid black granite stone on which the names of the victims of the 1913 tragedy would be …

A young girl is fortunate to be alive after falling into the Ontonagon River over the weekend. A trooper from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post was called out to Elmer Park in the Village of Ontonagon on Friday. The girl, said to be between 10 and 12 years old, …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey tonight… – Houghton skates at Hancock. – Jeffers entertains Negaunee – pregame coverage will begin around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. – L’Anse travels to Kingsford. The girls basketball season opens tonight… – Houghton plays …

HOUGHTON, MI (November 1, 2017) – Mark your calendar and join us on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 for the third annual collaborative holiday celebration with a cause! This year, the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, Keweenaw Young Professionals (KYP), Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA), and The Continental Fire Company are joining …

The ringing of bells signals the arrival of the Christmas season and the season for donating to the Salvation Army. The Aspirus Aspiring Women program will be teaming up with the Salvation Army this Saturday to help ring those bells. Aspirus’s Jenn Jenich-Laplander says they will be at Econo Foods …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Superintendent George Stockero shared with the Board a short video describing a “School Finance Research Collaborative.”  The School Finance Research Collaborative is a diverse group of business leaders and education experts …

Highland Copper Company says exploration work on its newly acquired property in the Upper Peninsula is encouraging. Highland recently purchased the property in the central U.P. from Rio Tinto, an area known for its nickel-copper sulfide deposits, as well as gold and other metals. Eight target sites for nickel and …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. Finlandia The Finlandia University men’s hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision at 16th-ranked Wisconsin-Eau Claire yesterday. The Lions’ only goal came off the stick of Matt Benolkin with five seconds remaining in the game. Matt Arnold stopped 52 shots in goal for …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey last night, Hancock retained the John A. Derf trophy as champions of the Copper Island Classic by holding off Calumet 4-3. The Bulldogs scored the first four goals of the contest – two by Teddy Randell, …