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UP Health System – Portage worked with various law enforcement agencies Monday to conduct a Live Active Weapons Drill. Participating agencies included Michigan State Police, Houghton County Sheriff’s Department, Houghton City Police Department, Hancock City Police Department, Negaunee Dispatch, Quincy Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, and the Hancock Volunteer Fire Department. The …

Crews from the Upper Peninsula Power Company are working to restore power to those affected by the latest winter storm. UPPCO says some 3,200 customers lost power in the Copper Country and Marquette area. Keweenaw and Houghton counties were the hardest hit. As of late yesterday, there were still around …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey last night… – Kingsford at Houghton – no report, likely postponed TBA – Marquette at Calumet – postponed, TBA. In girls high school basketball last night… – The L’Anse at Houghton game was postponed to December …

Michigan Tech Visual and Performing Arts students are taking a uniquely simple approach to photography. In a recent project, students put their fancy cameras aside and have been shooting photos with their cell phones.   Cell phones have quickly become a major part of our everyday life over the past …

Houghton, MI – Applications for Isle Royale National Park’s 2018 Artist-in-Residence Program will be accepted between January 2 and February 16, 2018. This program provides artists the opportunity to become part of a long-established tradition of interpreting national parks through art. The Artist-in-Residence Program is open to professional artists whose work can …

Three Copper Country natives are part of the most recent graduating class of Michigan State Police troopers. Alan Narhi of Atlantic Mine (not pictured) will be assigned to the Calumet Post while Lucas Lahnala of Ahmeek and Megan Westcott of Mohawk are headed to the Negaunee Post. The graduates are …

The Houghton County Sheriff’s office responded to the call of a 1-vehicle accident around quarter to seven at Paradise Road near Pilgrim Road. A 66-year-old woman reportedly lost control of her vehicle, striking several trees before coming to a stop. She was taken to U.P. Health System—Portage for treatment. Her …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey last night, seven different Jets scored, as Jeffers blanked L’Anse 7-0. Brandon Lavigne, Clay Larson, Michael Johnson, David Storm, Kellen Klein, Dominick Nettell and Jackson Rocchi each found the net. Noah Nettell earned the shutout in goal for …

HANCOCK, Mich. — When she began her latest filmmaking project, Kristin Ojaniemi didn’t know much about the Setters Co-op in Bruce Crossing, even though it’s in her hometown and has been there 100 years. One year later, she’s shared what she learned through the DVD “Co-operatively Yours,” a documentary detailing …

If you’ve ever tried to share a photo with someone on Facebook or Instagram who didn’t know to view it, than you’ve experience what’s called a digital barrier. Often times the elderly are intimidated by this digital age and a little hesitant to embrace some of our modern day gizmos …