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A Hancock man will spend the next month in jail for a drug charge. 30-year-old Andrew Rohrer was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in the Houghton County Jail for possession of a controlled substance. Rohrer was allegedly attacked by 28-year-old Joseph Schreiber in June 2016 when the two met to …

Careers in engineering may currently be male dominated, but that is changing. Middle school girls were shown how they can pursue an education in the STEM fields on the campus of Michigan Tech. 260 7th and 8th graders from 14 schools came out for Get WISE—Women in Science and Engineering. …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In hockey last night, Houghton scored three goals in the first period, and cruised past Jeffers 5-1. Dawson McKay scored twice for the Gremlins. Carl Olson’s power-play goal was the Jets’ only score. The Gremlins finish the regular season …

Calumet senior center Hailey Wickstrom has been named the 2016-2017 WestPAC Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Houghton’s Julie Filpus was named Coach of the Year. Members of the All-Conference Teams were announced this morning. FIRST TEAM – Bailey Froberg, L’Anse senior guard – Emmy Kinner, West Iron County senior …

Residents in the Copper Country needing mental health or substance abuse counseling services can get help at a new location in Hancock. An open house for the Great Lakes Recovery Centers is being held Wednesday from 11am to 3pm in their new office. It’s on the third floor office area of …

The Hancock Volunteer Fire Department has a new piece of life-saving technology thanks to a donation from the Keweenaw Health Foundation. Keweenaw Health Foundation Executive Director Ed Jenich presented a new portable automatic external defibrillator to Second Assistant Fire Chief Neil Ahola on Thursday, February 16th at the fire department …

Book Sale poster Red Feb 2017 What can you do with your used books? The Portage Lake District Library is accepting donations of gently used books for their Used Book Sale. Books can be dropped off at the library service desk through Thursday The sale takes place Friday and Saturday …

A motions hearing is scheduled for today in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids concerning Michigan Tech’s decision to dismiss a student last year for a post on a social media site. Norway, MI resident Matthew Schultz was a student at Michigan Tech until he was expelled for a post …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In hockey last night, Hancock clinched a share of the Great Lakes Conference championship with a 6-1 victory over Kingsford. The game was tied at one at the end of the second period, but the Bulldogs erupted for five goals …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers teamed up with deputies from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office to address several recent loud noise complaints in the City of Houghton. The group sound enforcement patrol was conducted Feb. 11 along Trail No. 3 at Kestner Waterfront Park. “We were targeting snowmobile …