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Tigers Split with Guardians – Saturday Sports Wrap

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School At the Queen City Invitational cross country meet in Marquette yesterday… • Marquette dominated the boys side, claiming the top nine places individually. Houghton finished second in the team competition, with Birk Seagren placing 10th individually. Hancock finished eighth. …

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Incredible Bank Donates $10,000 to the Calumet Colosseum

Incredible Bank donates funds to help the Calumet Colosseum replace it’s outdoor sign. The bank has donated ten thousand dollars for the ice rink to install a new digital sign at the historic structure. The modern digital sign will aid the oldest operating ice rink in north America by allowing …

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Two Nigerian Men Accused of Leading a Sextortion Ring Plead Not Guilty in Federal Court

Two Nigerian men accused of leading an international online sextortion ring, that led the suicide of an upper peninsula teenager, have plead not guilty in federal court. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, both plead not guilty, after being formally advised on their charges, during yesterday’s arraignment in the …

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Pasty Fest Brings Excitement to Calumet Tomorrow

Pasty Fest encourages the community to get out for a great Saturday afternoon. The festival gets everyone attending involved in one way or another. Whether that means attending any of the exciting pasty Olympic competition, voting in the pasty fest art prize, or getting the calumet early to line up …

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Agassiz House Inn to Host Open House

Twenty-five-nine-forty-six Red Jacket Road in Calumet will open its doors today for the first time to the public in many years. The famed Agassiz Hosue, former summer and working home Calumet Hecla Mining Company Manager Alexander Agassiz, will host an open house to show off some of renovation the bed …

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Keweenaw Brewfest Returns to Houghton, and Will Support the Portage Lake District Library

The weather looks great for fun day to spend on the Houghton Pier at the return of Keweenaw Brewfest. Presented by the Rotary club of Houghton, the tasting event benefits the Portage Lake District Library, new teen reader space. As a member of the international rotary, Houghton’s club will take …

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Brewers Drop Third Straight – Friday Sports Wrap

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The high school cross country season begins today, with the Queen City Invitational in Marquette. Houghton and Hancock are among the schools scheduled to compete. The Houghton High School volleyball team will see its first action of the season …

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Hancock Man Arrested for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Michigan State Police have charged a Hancock man with multiple counts of possessing child sexual abuse material. Dominic Joseph Barrette was arrested following an investigation that started when law enforcement learned Barrette had been viewing child sexual abuse material online. A search of his residence allowed officers to seize digital …

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Huskies are Coming to Town

Band new huskies are starting their journeys as young leaders with their first fall semester at Michigan Tech University. This weekend, many of the school’s incoming freshmen will begin to descend onto the area moving in for the new school year. Returning students will begin to move in starting on …

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Northern Michigan University Professor Emerita To Share Poems and Short Stories at the Copper Country Community Arts Center

The Copper Country Community Arts Center has invited Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula Beverley Matherne to share some of her works, and what inspires her to write. Matherne, born I St James Parish, was raised and heavily influenced by her Cajun and Creole heritage. From a young age she …

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