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Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school hockey tonight…• Houghton entertains Marquette. Coverage will begin at 6:40 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.• Jeffers skates at Negaunee. Calumet setter Laina Kariniemi has been named to the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches …

The Keweenaw Family Resource Center first partnered with Copper Shores Giving Tuesday as a part of the day’s initial group of non-profits. KFRC Executive Director Iola Brubaker says that across those years it has been incredible to work with the foundation and see the support from the community. Adding that …

A year ago Bridging Gaps Child Care opened its child care center. Bridging gaps childcare runs out of the Glad Tiding’s Church in Hancock, and is centrally located for the area, being near the hospital, school district, and nearby neighborhoods. Board president Whitney Brey, says that the past year has …

Around the country on Thanksgiving millions of Americans will wake up early to take off a few extra calories before dinner time. Turkey trots are found around the country, getting communities up and out the door for a little exercise on Thanksgiving. And just like those other cities, a turkey …

After a long successful career Michigan Tech’s Vice President for Research and Professor of Forest Biometrics, Dave Reed will retire at the end of the school year. Reed will end a 41-year career in higher education. Reed became the university’s vice president for research in 2001 and continues teaching within …

More than 140 soldiers returned home. Over the weekend the Michigan Army National Guard’s 107th Engineer Battalion returned home, flying into Sawyer International Airport. The battalion had been deployed in Southwest Asia for the past ten months, as a part of Operation Spartan Shield. The men and women of the …

Copper Country Ski Tigers helps lower the financial barriers to kids getting active and competing in cross-country skiing. The youth recreation non-profit has coached students for many years. Their coaches are all volunteers, and even help the group with fundraisers during the year. This year the Copper County Ski Tigers …

For many years the Friends of the Porkies have supported visitors and staff at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Originally the group started as a ski club in the wilderness area and evolved into the Friends group that many people know today. As friends of a state park, the …

Around the copper country Keweenaw Queers has been able to bring together members of the LGBTQ community and supportive residents. President of the group, Katie Atkinson, says that they have been able to bring together people from all over the area and show that there is a strong and vibrant …

Thanksgiving is on Thursday, and Christmas is just around the corner. It must be the holiday season in the copper country. And that means that the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce will happily host the holiday hoopla, and hopes to see many in the Houghton and Hancock area out to support …