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Diabetes can sure change the way you sit down to dinner. Registration is now open for Dining with Diabetes, offered by Michigan State University Extension. Extension Educator Erin Carter says the five week course will show people how they can still enjoy food even though they are diabetic. PLAY Carter-033017-1 …

Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment (MI-TRALE) would like to announce that they have been selected as a 2017 recipient of a Polaris T.R.A.I.L.S. grant. Don Helsel, the president of MI-TRALE stated that “These funds will be used to purchase 2 youth ATVs, helmets, eye protection, …

Northern Michigan University will receive a $6.5 million Investment Fund Award from the Michigan Strategic Fund to accelerate its effort to extend high-speed educational broadband throughout the Upper Peninsula. The funds will be used to build out and equip 64 cities and townships over a two-year period. NMU will contribute …

You don’t normally think of going to the dentist’s and the doctor’s at the same time, but the Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center in Calumet is bringing the two together. Their new location features an open bay concept that allows them to integrate medical and dental services. Reynolds-033017-1 Director …

Click on the bold scores for more details. MTU Michigan Tech hockey forward Tyler Heinonen has signed a pro contract with the Kalamazoo Wings of the East Coast Hockey League. He debuted with the team last night, as they lost to the Florida Everblades. The Wings are affiliated with the Tampa …

Officials from Highland Copper Company say they are optimistic about the chance to mine in the Upper Peninsula. The company has been testing samples of copper from a site near the Porcupines Mountains Wilderness Park. They are currently working on a feasibility study to see how much copper is in …

Broadband service stretching across the Upper Peninsula could be a step closer to reality. Northern Michigan University has won the approval of an Investment Fund Award in the amount of $6.5 million to bring high-speed broadband service to the entire U.P. State Representative Scott Dianda expressed his excitement for the …

The Village of Calumet has a new police chief. The village council approved the contract for former Calumet part-time police officer Keith Anderson at their special meeting Tuesday. Anderson spent time with the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office and was one of the candidates last year prior to the hiring of …

The sign at the site of the Italian Hall in Calumet says 1913 was a time of division. More than 100 years later, the people of Calumet are again divided, this time instead of over labor issues–a memorial to the victims who died in that horrible tragedy. “The Italian Hall …

Click on the bold scores for more details. Gibson Cup The Portage Lake Pioneers scored four goals in the third period, and came from behind to defeat the Calumet Wolverines 7-4 in the deciding game of the Gibson Cup series last night. The Wolverines were up 1-0 after the first …