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The Michigan After-school Partnership applauds the state’s recent 50 Million Dollar Investment in Out-of-School Time Programs. Recently Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office announced 50 million dollars in grant awards supporting afterschool, out-of-school time, and summer leaning programming in Michigan. Three of the organizations benefiting from the state’s investment in youth programming …

Karl Bohnak plans to run for the state representative in the 109th district in the 2024 election. Bohnak announced late last month his official plans to run as a republican in the august state primary election for the 109th house district. Currently the house seat in the 109th is held …

Chris Palmer has been named the new director of the Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment. MI-TRALE recently held its annual board elections during a January meeting to decide on five positions. Previous Director Jon Fourez was elected to Vice president. Additionally, previous directors Jim Fooce …

Youth hockey in the Calumet Laurium Keweenaw area has one day left to apply for a 5,000 dollar grant with the Keweenaw Community Foundation. The CLK Youth Hockey fund will support the continued tradition of hockey for kids in the local area in honor of Joel Tuoriniemi. He was a …

The FBI Detroit Field Office warns parents across the state about the dangers associated online that may lead to sextortion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s office in Detroit announced yesterday that sextortion cases targeting Michigan children are on the rise, and it is to provide parents, educators, caregivers, and children …

A Laurium couple was arrested by Michigan State Police for possession of child sexual abuse material. The MSP Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announced yesterday the recent arrest of William Nicholas Horner, 43, and Stacey Jean Horner, 42, of Laurium, for possession of sexual abuse …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In girls basketball last night…• Houghton shut down Jeffers 56-26. Danica Ryynanen scored 16 for the Gremlins, and Clea Ollanketo added 10.• Calumet dispatched Marquette 51-38. Caitlin Strom scored 24 for the Copper Kings.• Lake Linden-Hubbell cruised past Ironwood …

Two years ago Copper Shores visited Chassell, and last year the foundation moved the fun to L’Anse. But in 2024 the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will travel a little further north to Ahmeek for this summer’s third annual community-wide picnic. This summer the foundation plans to set up its …

Ontonagon County sheriff deputies are investigating the cause of a fatal traffic accident that occurred last Thursday in Ewen. At 8:35 pm on January 18th, the Ontonagon County Sheriff responded to a call of a head-on-head collision between a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle on M-28 east of Ewen. The …

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority announces the launch of the Tribal Nations Housing Development Assistance Program. Late last week MSHDA announced the start of a new housing assistance program designed to build upon the existing tribal nation’s housing capacity and provide resources to support needs to develop affordable housing …