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Baraga Communities that Care has a new coordinator. Tom Leeds, who will take over program coordination for the organization’s Baraga County services, comes to the area from Northern Wisconsin. Before that, he previously worked in upper management for retail division with Blockbuster, and the Walt Disney Corporation. After retirement, he …

Sea lampreys are an invasive primitive fish parasite that can cause serious harm to fish populations. Assistant professor Gordon Paterson of the Great Lakes Research Center and Biology Sciences department gave some answers as to why sea lampreys are so harmful. He sais that they are an excellent parasite, and …

Over the weekend, firefighters from all over the Copper Country gathered at Breakers Beach in Stanton township for the annual volunteer firefighters tournament. The crews all enjoyed some fun and games, built relationships across departments, and enjoyed the firemen ball, but the annual tournament does more than help the departments …

Summer officially settled into the Copper Country Saturday, as the annual Juhannus celebration took place in Hancock. The traditional midsummer pole was raised at noon at Quincy Green. Finnish Theme Committee member Jim Kurtti said it’s the continuation of a centuries-old, shared Scandinavian tradition… “The midsummer pole is a tradition …

Laurium has changed the village’s office hours. Starting today, the village will be open an hour earlier, starting at 8 am. Laurium leadership hopes that increasing the office’s hours of operations will allow residents more opportunities to pay bills, or voice concerns and frustrations to the village’s staff. The Laurium …

The Swedetown Trails are a great place to take in the beauty of the Calumet-Laurium area. Offering cross country ski trails in the winter, and switching to biking trails when the snow melts. Now that the Swedetown chalet is twenty five years old, some improvements and repairs are needed. Representatives …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. MLB The Tigers held off the Twins 3-2 yesterday. All of Detroit’s runs scored in the second inning, on singles by Eric Haase and Zach McInstry. Reese Olson tossed five shutout innings, but left as Minnesota scored once in the sixth. …

On this week’s Copper Country Today: Chassell Lions Club members Judy Evert and Steve Palosaari preview the upcoming 75th annual Copper Country Strawberry Festival, and talk about why those Chassell strawberries taste SO darn good. Listen to the discussion here. With a busy summer underway in Calumet, Leah Polzien from Main …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. MLB The Tigers lost to the Twins 4-1 last night. Joey Wentz allowed three runs over five innings, and took the loss. Matt Vierling singled home Andy Ibáñez with Detroit’s only run in the sixth. Bengals batters struck out 16 times. …

In the home of Motor City and the big three auto makers, Michigan has put in a lot of effort to electrify communities. Popping up throughout the Upper Peninsula over the last couple of years, have been fast charge EV charging stations for vehicles. Now you’ll even be able to …