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The shipping season on the lakes starts back up this Saturday, at 12:01 am. Throughout the season the Soo Locks will see over 7,000 vessels pass through the St. Mary’s River, carrying over 75 million tons of cargo. The Soo Locks play an important role in the state’s and federal …

Celebrating the wonderful sounds of jazz music, and remembering a long time Michigan Tech employee. This weekend the Michigan Tech Jazz Program returns with the Don Keranen Memorial Jazz Festival. Don Keranen was the university’s music director, and started the school’s jazz program. Eventually he and the bands toured around …

The City of Houghton will see a significant amount of local road construction this summer. At last night’s council meeting, city manager Eric Waara explained that paving projects were held to a minimum last summer, and the money held over to this year so that some money could be saved …

The Laurium village council would like to make the village hall more energy efficient.  At Tuesday’s meeting, councilors endorsed a grant application through the state’s Financially Distressed Community, Township and Village program to replace the outdated windows and boiler with new energy efficient ones. Keweenaw Solutions has been approved to …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. College Basketball Michigan State will face Kansas State as the Round of 16 opens today in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. The Spartans are seeded seventh in the East Region; the Wildcats are seeded third. Tipoff is at 6:30. NHL …

The ice hasn’t quite melted yet, but that doesn’t stop anglers from getting out to catch some fish. Over the past two years, the Copper Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited has not been able to provide as much programming and events as they wished. But the group is ready to …

Spring is sprung, and the ice is melting. That means a new construction season will start soon in Sault Ste. Marie. Throughout the winter construction crews for the new Soo Lock, worked to prepare the site for summer work. As soon as the weather is right for work, crews will …

A potential statue of 1913 Copper Strike leader “Big Annie” Clemenc has taken a step forward. The village of Calumet has signed a letter of understanding with the Keweenaw Area Community Foundation to coordinate fundraising for the project. The Foundation’s official involvement will continue until the statue is erected in …

The Houghton city council will discuss some potential summer road paving projects at its meeting tonight. Councilors are also expected to set the dates for work sessions for the city’s next budget, and appoint two members to the Library Board. The meeting begins at 5:30 at the City Center. Access …

Michigan’s annual statewide tornado drill will take place this afternoon. Tornadoes are usually considered a downstate problem, but Matt Zika from the National Weather Service office in Marquette says the U.P. is not immune… We average one per year, but, when they do happen, they’re typically very low on the …