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The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) of the Keweenaw Community Foundation will be hosting a Holiday Book Drive to benefit local youth. The YAC encourages the community to donate new and gently used books and new pajamas for children ages 6-17 years. Books and pajamas will be given to UP Kids to …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night… – Jeffers and Kingsford skated to a 5-5 tie. – Negaunee defeated L’Anse 8-3. This weekend… – Calumet plays at Cranbrook Kingswood tonight and tomorrow afternoon. – Houghton entertains Traverse City Central tonight, …

A 38-year-old man from the Chicago area faces drug charges following his arrest in Houghton on Wednesday. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team took the man into custody at the Super 8 Motel. Using a search warrant, officials say they seized more than eight grams of heroin, numerous …

From Finlandia Univeristy – Finlandia University has named Phil Milbrath as the Assistant Athletic Director. Milbrath, who will be handling compliance, academics, facilities and assist with game day operations, will start today, Dec. 1. For the past two and a half years, Milbrath has served as Director of Football Operations …

A Dollar Bay man convicted of murdering his wife has been turned down in his bid to have his appeal heard by the Michigan Supreme Court. Nima Nassiri was convicted of second-degree murder following the beating death of Senaz Nezami in December of 2013. He is serving a 20 to …

The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge will open for the 2017 season. At a special meeting Wednesday…the Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to fund the Copper Harbor resort, which could cost around $200,000 for the year. Over 200 people packed the room at Horizons Alternative High School in Mohawk for …

Dean L. Johnson, currently the James and Dolores Trethewey APMP professor and founding director of the Applied Portfolio Management Program, has been named Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Michigan Technological University. The announcement was made by Jackie Huntoon provost and vice president of academic affairs. Johnson …

A Florida man indicted on numerous charges related to the illegal transfer of stolen property from an Upper Peninsula facility was arraigned Tuesday in Federal Court. Michael Donald Reid of Land O’ Lakes, Florida, is charged with 13 counts of interstate transportation of stolen property. According to court records, the charges …

A resolution dealing with parking on residential properties was approved at Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting. Under the resolution, off-street parking has to be either on the lot or within 400 feet of the building it is intended to serve. Also in the resolution were incentives for property owners of …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey tonight… – Jeffers entertains Kingsford. – L’Anse travels to Negaunee. In girls’ basketball this evening… – Baraga welcomes Ewen-Trout Creek. – Lake Linden-Hubbell travels to L’Anse. NMU Both Northern Michigan University basketball teams entertain Walsh …