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October 24, 2016 — As work on the Michigan Department of Transportation’s US-41 (Reservation and Quincy streets) streetscape project winds down, traffic in downtown Hancock will revert to normal flow today or tomorrow. Final pavement markings are expected to be completed and one-way northbound traffic will resume on Reservation and …

[Hancock, Mich.] As part of the Portage Health Foundation’s (PHF) “Stop the Roar of Hunger” food initiative, PHF has researched the ways in which food insecurities and nutrition affect an individual’s overall health. PHF has learned from numerous studies, such as the 2015 Western Upper Peninsula Health Needs Assessment and …

Residents in the region pay some of the highest electric bills in the country and efforts to find alternative solutions continue. The Keweenaw Community Foundation successfully completed its application to the MacArthur Foundation for the first ever $100 million “critical problem” grant. The proposal would enhance local renewable energy generation …

These days, you don’t have to go to college to earn a good paying job. Students from Baraga and Chassell High Schools toured a Moyle construction site in Calumet to see first hand the work skilled tradesman do in the industry. Moyle Construction Project Manager Andrew Kemper said, “We just …

The 2016 Michigan Harvest Gathering Campaign in underway to raise hunger awareness and to provide food for local food pantries. Troopers from the Michigan State Police were outside Pat’s Foods in L’Anse Saturday, where people could buy a bag of groceries which were then stuffed inside a patrol car, or …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School WestPAC football champion Calumet will open the Division Six playoffs Saturday against the Boyne City Ramblers. It’s a rematch against the team they lost to in the District final last year. Kickoff will be at 1:00 at Agassiz Field. …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In cross country, the Chassell boys won their third straight UP Division Three championship Saturday. The Panthers outpointed second-place Brimley. Chassell’s Ben Tuomi finished third  individually. Hunter Rautiola was fifth, as the Panthers placed five runners in the top-20. Each of …

Here is information we have received from UPPCO regarding a scam that has been reported in the Keweenaw: Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is urging its business customers to be aware of a current telephone scam occurring in the Houghton area in which a caller threatens service disconnection unless a call is …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school football last night… – Hancock edged Houghton 20-18 in a hard-fought Copper Bowl game. The lead changed hands four times as the teams traded scores. The Bulldogs drew first blood when Bryce Turner scored on a one-yard run …

Two Houghton teachers received appreciation awards from the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education: The awards went to Houghton Middle School teacher Sarah Geborkoff and Houghton High School teacher Lauri Davis. An MTU graduate, Geborkoff coached two middle school EcoChallenge teams that won back-to-back rounds in the National Lexus …