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Help Kids. Have FUN. Save the date!   The 25th Annual Copper Country Bowl for Kids is scheduled to take place on Saturday – March 18, 2017 with bowling sessions starting at Noon, 2:30PM, and 5PM at the Mine Shaft in Houghton. Registration is open online at www.upkids.com  Please consider …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In girls high school basketball tonight… – Houghton plays at Hancock. Our pregame coverage will begin around 7:00 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. – Calumet welcomes Chassell. – Lake Linden-Hubbell tips off at Jeffers. – Baraga visits Dollar Bay-Tamarack …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey… – Jacob Kruse’s goal at 1:52 of overtime was the game-winner as Houghton edged Bay Port 6-5 Saturday afternoon. Kruse’s second goal of the contest ended a match in which nine of the 11 goals were …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey… – Bay Port scored five times in the third period, and defeated Hancock 6-3 Friday afternoon. The game was tied at 1-1 after the first two periods, with the Pirates scoring a single goal in the …

By Jennifer Donovan, Director of News & Media Relations University Marketing & Communications Michigan Technological University With a student loan default rate of just over 2 percent, Michigan Technological University students are defaulting on student loans at the second lowest rate among public universities in Michigan, according to new data …

The Ontonagon County Recreation Plan is available for the public to review. The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region recently updated the five-Year plan and now there is a 30-day public review and comment period starting today. There will then be a public hearing for adoption of the plan …

To coincide with the Women’s March on Washington this Saturday, a local Sister March will be held on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. The goal is to express solidarity with the marchers in Washington D.C. in support of women’s rights. Organizers are also focusing their message on incoming President Donald …

The new sheriff of Keweenaw County is already working on new things for the department. Sheriff Bill Luokkanen was elected in November to replace long-time sheriff Ron Lahti, who retired. Luokkanen has been in law enforcement since 1991 and has been working in the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department for over …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night… – Teddy Perrault’s goal with 2.9 seconds remaining lifted Hancock to a 2-1 victory over Negaunee. It was Perrault’s first game with the Hancock varsity. Brody Budweg scored Hancock’s other goal. Dawson Kero made …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District is considering seeking a millage to support its Career and Technical Education programs. Superintendent George Stockero informed the board at their January meeting about this decision coming from the recently formed CTE Steering Committee. That committee is made up of over 30 community members …