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Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey Friday… – Houghton opened its season with an 8-2 loss to Hartland. – Jeffers fell to Sault Ste. Marie 6-3 at the Soo Elks Showcase. Today… – Jeffers continues play at the Soo Elks Showcase …

A Canadian exploration company, focused on exploring and developing copper projects in the U.P., is working to raise funds to move forward on local mining projects. Highland Copper Company plans to complete a non-brokered private placement of its securities to raise up to approximately $17 million. The Company intends to …

HANCOCK, Mich., Nov. 16, 2016 – The Friends of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (Friends of the Porkies) received a $1,250 grant from the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) to supplement the costs of new ski helmets for youth from Houghton and Ontonagon counties during the 2016-2017 ski season. This …

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) today joined other utilities from across the United States to raise awareness about scams targeting utility customers as part of the inaugural Utilities United Against Scams Day.  The event is being supported by a week-long advocacy and awareness campaign focused on exposing the …

With an anticipated 500,000 firearm deer hunters afield in search of white-tailed deer earlier this week, early reports indicate varied success across Michigan. Warm weather and fog in some areas seem to have had an effect on deer movement. Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists across the four wildlife …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School The Calumet High School volleyball team ended its tournament run with a 3-0 (16-25, 16-25, 14-25) loss to Bronson in the state tournament semifinals yesterday. Hailey Wickstrom led the Copper Kings with 15 kills. The Vikings established themselves early, …

Many in the Michigan Tech community are banding together to offer support to those who are concerned about the ramifications of the presidential election. A Peace Walk was held to reassure underrepresented students, faculty and community members that they are loved. Michigan Tech student Neffertia Tyner is the Community Outreach …

Wanted: Book Groups Do you participate in a book group? The Portage Lake District Library is creating a list of local book groups for all ages and would like to hear about yours. Useful information includes the name of your group and contact person, a theme if you have one, …

The finances of the Copper Country Intermediate School District are in good condition.  That’s the report from Debbie Bradford of Rukkila, Negro & Associates presented to the CCISD board at their regular meeting this week.  Bradford also stated that the finance staff of the ISD were well prepared and had …

Hancock resident Daniel Seguin is the newest member of the Hancock city council. Seguin was elected last week and attended his first regular meeting of the council Wednesday night. A Hancock resident since 2010, Seguin hopes to make a difference in the community he lives in An Academic Advisor and …