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With less than three days away, pasty fest will draw thousands of locals and visitors to 5th street in calumet. The annual festival celebrating the Upper Peninsula’s signature dish is excited to bring this year the pasty fest Olympics. Pitting individuals and teams against each other for bragging rights as …

Hancock will follow up the elevation of Kurt Rickard to Mayor and Lisa McKenzie as Mayor Pro Tem at Monday’s special meeting. By filling the council’s vacancy during tonight’s regular meeting. The council will select between six candidates, three of whom have previously run for a position on the council, …

Hancock’s school board has called for a special meeting to take place this evening, August 16th, to select two new members of the board of education. The board will seek to fill vacancies recently left by the departure of former board president Dale Kero, and trustee Steve Koskela. The Hancock …

Copper Island Academy has taken the next step toward expanding its campus near the Houghton County Airport. At last night’s Houghton County commission meeting the board approved a land sale agreement and resolution to sell parcel a of lot 21 at the Houghton county air park to the copper island …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. MLB The Tigers couldn’t hold an early lead, and fell to the Twins 5-3 last night. Miguel Cabrera’s two-run homer in the second inning was just his second of the year. That held up while Alex Faedo tossed five scoreless innings. …

Keweenaw Brewfest returns to the Portage Canal this weekend to celebrate summer, and the Upper Peninsula’s vast history brewing beer. Taking a look back at the region’s breweries, many still in existence will attend the festival on Saturday. But one that will not be attendance is Bosch Brewery. Founded in …

Kurt Rickard will be the city of Hancock’s newest Mayor. At last night’s special meeting, the city council voted to elevate councilor Rickard to the position of Mayor, from his role as Mayor Pro-tem. Councilor Lisa McKenzie will step into the pro-tem role on the council. Additionally the council introduced …

The Baraga County Sheriff’s Department is embarking on a pilot program that could help deputies deal with subjects that are experiencing mental and emotional crisis. At Monday night’s county commission meeting, Sheriff Joe Brogan explained that a pilot program will enable officials to engage with a trained psychiatrist immediately, while …

Has the aging Baraga County Courthouse outlived its usefulness? That question spurred considerable discussion at Monday night’s Baraga County Board of Commissioners meeting. It was posed by commissioner Bill Menge… The doggone thing is falling down around our ears. We’ve got a wall falling down over here. The basement needs …

Volunteer firefighters in L’Anse will receive their first increase in compensation in more than 20 years. At last night’s meeting, the village council approved boosting the hourly rate for time spent onsite from $15 to $20 dollars per hour. The monthly stipend for the fire chief will rise from $400 …