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A L’Anse native is among Michigan’s newest conservation officers. Michael Anderson was one of 12 new officers commissioned Friday in Lansing. He has been assigned to the Baraga office, and will begin probationary field training there next month. Although most of their time is spent enforcing fish, game and natural …

A Newberry woman was killed in a traffic crash in Luce County yesterday. State Police investigators tell us that 64-year-old Alice Nelson was driving on M-28 in Lakefield Township when an oncoming pick-up crossed the centerline, and hit her minivan head-on. Nelson was pronounced dead at the scene. The pickup …

Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team were busy in Delta County last week. On Thursday, they arrested two men during a search at a home in Rapid River. Detectives seized approximately 35 grams of crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia, a handgun, and over $2,300 in cash. Both men are …

The Portage Lake District Library is now offering Chromebooks for checkout. Chromebooks are small personal computers that run on the Chrome operating system. They have minimal software, but are designed for web applications where data is stored online. They can be used for such functions as homework, job searches, research …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In girls basketball tonight…• Calumet hosts Negaunee.• Dollar Bay-Tamarack City tips off at Lake Linden-Hubbell. In boys action this evening…• Calumet plays at Houghton. Coverage will begin around 7:00 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.• Hancock …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey Saturday…• Houghton improved to 9-0 with a 5-1 thumping of defending Division Two state champion Hartland. The Gremlins took a first-period lead on a Connor Arko goal. Hartland tied the contest briefly in the second …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program: • Host Todd VanDyke talked with Lisa McKenzie from the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region about grants available for low to moderate income families to make their home more energy efficient. Listen to the discussion here. • With the so-called “tripledemic” …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night…• Houghton blanked De La Salle 3-0. Gab Carlson, Landon Stevens and Connor Arko scored for the Gremlins. Cam Markham had two assists. Bryant Lee earned his second shutout of the season in net, …

Santa sure will be busy tomorrow running around the copper country visiting the towns of the Keweenaw. After stopping in Calumet tomorrow afternoon, Santa will meet up with his cartoon friends at Winter Wonderland in Houghton. Tomorrow during the late afternoon, Houghton’s pier will fill up with friends, and families …

Coming up right after the turn of the calendar, Michigan Tech University plays host to the 2023 U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships. And with many skiers and hobbyists living in the area, the Keweenaw Peninsula will make a spectacular back drop for the competition. The university is asking the …