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If you’re going to eat a big meal for Thanksgiving, it’s good to work up a healthy appetite first. U.P. Health System—Portage will be hosting their annual Turkey Trot, a 5k walk or run starting at 9am Thursday. Health and Fitness Manager Angela Luskin says the event has been really …

As much of a holiday tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie, Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly will once again make sure no senior has to spend Thanksgiving alone. They will be serving up full Thanksgiving dinners with all the trimmings at nine locations. “We’re at the Church of the …

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow—that’s the train of thought at Mont Ripley. The Michigan Tech-owned ski, snowboard, and tubing park is making preparations to open in a little over a week, and the groomers and snow guns are out in full force covering the slopes with …

A former local hockey star will serve out his sentence in prison. Calumet native Ben Johnson had been out on bail prior to an appeal of his 2016 sentencing for three years in prison for the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. The incident took place in the bathroom of …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey last night… – Marquette scored three goals in the first period, then held on to edge Houghton 3-2. Dawson McKay and Patrick Donnelly scored for the Gremlins. – Jeffers outskated L’Anse 7-2. Two goals by Foster Miller gave …

FinlandiaUniversity is making it easier for students from other colleges to transfer to FinnU. The school has announced that it will now offer a first of its kind tuition reset that will help make the university known as a transfer friendly leader. Beginning in January, the university will reset tuition …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2017 Portage Health Foundation releases additional funding and makes a call for proposal [Hancock, MI] As part of the Portage Health Foundation’s (PHF) “Stop the Roar of Hunger” food initiative, PHF is releasing additional funding in support of food initiatives in the four-county community (Baraga, …

Plans are underway for an addition at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. The addition includes an industrial vocational education center that will serve local high school and college students. The center will house the building trades, welding booths, automotive technology and industrial manufacturing programs. The total cost of the …

A Grand Rapids man accused of murdering his sister in Laurium last year will begin trial next month. A pretrial hearing was held Monday for 33-year-old Christian Paul Kitti in Houghton County Circuit Court. Kitti is charged in the shooting death of his sister, 44-year-old Kimberly Renee Bess of Calumet …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey tonight… – Houghton entertains Marquette. – L’Anse plays at Jeffers. The pregame show will start around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. MTU The MTU women’s basketball team pulled out a 79-70 overtime victory over Minnesota-Duluth …