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Click on the highlights scores for more game details. High School In high school boys basketball last night…• Calumet defeated West Iron County 49-26. In girls play last evening…• Hancock edged Calumet 50-47. The Copper Kings led by six at halftime, but the Bulldogs opened the second half with 10 …

Legislation introduced this week in Washington, D.C. could resolve a longstanding dispute between the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the federal government. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023 would provide compensation for at least 4,000 acres of land the tribe maintains was illegally taken from …

The Michigan Tech football team’s incoming freshman class will include seven Upper Peninsula players. The recruits were introduced today. Yooper joining the squad include: • Nate Benninger, who starred as a wide receiver at Marquette High School, but was recruited as a running back; • Peter Closner, a tight end …

Tomorrow is the last day to nominate special members of the community for the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce’s Sparkplug Awards. The deadline to submit a nomination will end at 5 pm tomorrow. Sparkplug Awards recognize members of communities in the Copper Country working to make the Keweenaw a better place …

The Copper Dog 150 sled dog race is only about a month away. This year the race will add a fourth route to the competition. And that will mean a few more volunteers are needed. Each year, hundreds of people from around the Copper Country, and some even visiting from …

Should the City of Hancock purchase Quincy Green? The city council will open its meeting tonight with a public hearing on the proposal. The green space in front of Finlandia University’s Hirvonen Hall was once the site of Hancock High School. When the building burned down in 1922, a new …

A mid-day two-car crash near Painesdale yesterday injured two people. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies were called out just after noon to M-26. They determined a 17-year-old girl traveling north on the highway lost control of her vehicle, and crossed into the southbound lane. It hit a vehicle driven by a …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer yesterday signed a $1.1 billion supplemental appropriations bill with significant implications for the Upper Peninsula. The allocation includes $200 million in incentives to a Swedish company that plans to make a major investment in the U.P.  Billerud will sink $1 billion into a paper mill in Delta …

A regional bank with a significant presence in the Copper Country has announced that it will lay off another 10 percent of its employees. Flagstar Bank was already in the process of trimming its staff when it was acquired by New York Community Bankcorp in December.   Flagstar has been heavily …

Click on the highlights scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night…• Hancock defeated Calumet 4-2. Bryce Hanner scored twice for the Bulldogs, and Sam Roberts and Bennett Sturos each found the net once. Dan Wroblewski had to make just eight saves to earn the …