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The Hancock City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the city’s proposed solar and wind energy ordinance tonight. The code would regulate the type, size and placement of solar energy panels and wind turbines, with different rules for residential and industrial areas. Among the highlights:• Industrial installations would …

A Minnesota-based non-profit has teamed up with a local non-profit to create a fund to help offset travel expenses for Copper Country residents battling cancer. The Keller Family Community Foundation has contributed $83,000 to start an endowment with the Portage Health Foundation.  Proceeds from the Keller Family Community Foundation “Ride …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In boys high school basketball tonight…• Chassell visits Calumet.• Jeffers plays at Hancock. On the girls schedule…• Calumet travels to Marquette.• Dollar Bay-Tamarack City hosts Ontonagon.• Chassell welcomes Stephenson. In a girls-boys doubleheader…• L’Anse plays at Ewen-Trout Creek. NHL …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey Saturday…• Houghton remained unbeaten, with a 9-4 victory over Salem. Gab Carlson had two goals and two assists for the Gremlins. Sully Rajala scored twice. Camden Markham, Landon Stevens and Connor Arko each had a …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released its biennial report about wolves in the Upper Peninsula. DNR wildlife biologist Brian Roell talked with host Todd VanDyke about the facts, and the myths associated with wolves. Hear the segment here. HAM radio training …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night…• Houghton buried Grandville 8-2. Landon Stevens had a hat trick and two assists. Camden Markham had two goals and two assists. Mike Maillette and Sully Rajala each had a goal and an assist, …

Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly Upper Michigan Executive Director Cathy Kass-Aten and LBFOE Upper Michigan Foundation Director Mike Aten have announced their retirements from their respective positions. Current LBFOE Development Director Carol Korpela will succeed Kass-Aten as the organization’s new Executive Director. Kass-Aten will replace Aten as the …

Across the country there are thousands of Americans who claim Finnish ancestry. A Finnish film maker named, Santi Fox, began to wonder why his home country, with a smaller population than most other European countries, appears so often in pop culture, and in history around the globe. Finding that many …

The National Parks Service has completed their non-wilderness cultural resources management plan for Isle Royale. Cultural resource management plans are long term strategies for the park service to managing cultural resources outside of designated wilderness. The plan will work with tribes to enhance or revive their relationship with Isle Royale, …

The Portage Health Foundation’s recent Giving Tuesday campaign was the biggest ever – by far. Donors contributed $659,136.77 to the 26 nonprofits that took part. That’s 48.7 percent higher than the $443,208.76 collected in the 2021 campaign. The PHF added $200,000 in matching funds, for a total of $859,136.77. Checks …