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Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school volleyball yesterday, Calumet claimed the title at the Houghton Invitational. The Copper Kings didn’t lose a game on their way to the finals, defeating L’Anse 25-10, 25-9… Gwinn 25-19, 25-12… Ironwood 25-7, 25-18… Dollar Bay 25-11, 25-10… …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school football last night… – West Iron County clinched the WestPAC championship with a 30-13 victory over Hancock . – Calumet kept its playoff hopes alive with a 30-22 win over the Gogebic Miners. The Copper Kings could …

Live entertainment is now underway at McArdle Theater. Michigan Tech’s Theater Company launched its first play of the season last night.   The show is entitled “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” and is the first full length play written by comedian Steve Martin. Martin wrote the play in the early …

The Calumet Art Center has been awarded a grant of $12,250 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 575 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2018 funding. These funds will …

The Upper Peninsula Power Company is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to extend its current meter reading practices. UPPCO currently reads the meters of its customers on a bimonthly basis. During the off months, the company uses an estimate of the energy that is consumed by the customer. “We …

The new CLK Schools Superintendent is looking forward to taking the reigns. Calumet High School principal Christopher Davidson has been named as the new superintendent at the October meeting of the school board. Davidson commends former superintendent Darryl Pierce, who is retiring, for his excellent service over the past 13 …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school volleyball last night… – Calumet dispatched L’Anse 3-0 (25-9, 25-10, 25-15). Lea Bjorn and Celia Kiilunen each had nine kills. Amber Johnson had 13 digs. – Lake Linden-Hubbell blanked Baraga 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-13). Mariah Willmer had 11 kills, …

CLK Schools has a new superintendent. Calumet High School principal Christopher Davidson was appointed to the position at the October meeting of the CLK Board of Education. Davidson fills the role vacated by the retirement of current superintendent Darryl Pierce. Davidson will assume his new position with the district on …

The Houghton Public Works Department is keeping busy. Over the past two weeks, City Manager Eric Waara says the department has repaired water services in the city, road crews have paved over 230 tons of blacktop on Portage Street and laid 100 tons of road patch on city streets. Waara …

Plans are underway for the city of Houghton to have a downtown skatepark open by next summer. The contract to build the park was awarded to Spawn Ranch of Los Angeles, California and construction is set to begin in the spring. City manager Eric Waara says that a public hearing …