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Roughly 1000 guests visited the campus of Michigan Tech this weekend for Preview Day, many seeing it for the first time. Those who arrived early were able to see some of the many projects that undergraduate students at the university are working on. One project showed how ultraviolet light could …

Click on the bold scores for more details. Team Copper Country Team Copper Country’s bid for a state title ended with a 4-2 loss to the Lansing Spartans in the championship game last evening. The Copper Country squad powered through pool play undefeated, with victories over the Kensington Valley Rebels …

The Michigan Tech hockey team has been seeded fourth in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA tournament. The Huskies will face top-seed Denver in their opening game this Saturday at 1:00 at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. The Huskies earned the WCHA’s automatic berth in the tournament by defeating Bowling Green …

Click on the bold scores for more details. Team CC Team Copper Country powered through pool play in the state tournament undefeated, with two shutout victories on Saturday. In the afternoon, they buried the Kensington Valley Rebels 9-0. Dawson McKay led the effort with two goals and two assists. Alex Nordstrom …

Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) arrested a 28 y/o Atlantic Mine man Friday on several charges related to the selling of narcotics. After a five month long investigation the suspect was arrested on one count of Delivery of Methamphetamine, one count of Delivery of Heroin and …

Click on the bold scores for more details. Team CC Team Copper Country opened its quest for a state title with a 7-2 victory over the Metro Jets Friday night. Lance Kangas led Team CC with two goals and two assists. Jacob Cruse scored twice. Alex Nordstrom had a goal …

All Upper Peninsula J.C. Penney stores are closing. The retailer has announced it will close 138 stores nationwide, including seven stores in Michigan. Four of those stores are in the U.P….with locations in Escanabe, Kingsford, Sault Ste. Marie and at the Copper Country Mall in Houghton. The closing represents 13 …

Michigan Technological University President Glenn D. Mroz testified before the Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee for Higher Education Thursday. Among his topics were: The upward mobility of Michigan Tech graduates. “The chance of a student moving from the bottom 20 percent of household income to the top 20 percent of household …

When the Copper Country combines the celebration of St. Urho’s and St. Patrick’s Day this evening, they will be joined by a star of Finnish television. Helsinki native Antti Holma is visiting several countries with a documentary film crew to see how Finnish people in other parts of the world are …

When the seven commissioners of the Natural Resources Commission meet in April, they will discuss the growth of the U.P. antlerless deer population. Two of the seven NRC commissioners are from the Upper Peninsula. John Matonich is from Bessemer and J.R. Richardson is from Ontonagon. Both men have been closely …