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Twelve Michigan Tech Huskies are currently half way around the globe on a special trip. For another week Michigan Tech Chemistry Professor Sarah Green and her students are attending the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27. More than 35,000 participants are attending the …

The Baraga County Commission will hold its monthly meeting tonight – a week early, to avoid conflict with the firearm deer hunting season.  The agenda includes consideration of a new contract with Tri-County Public Defenders to represent indigent defendants, and discussion about union contracts with sheriff’s department employees. Tonight’s session …

A fundraising effort has begun to help a family whose Hancock restaurant was badly damaged by fire a week ago. The blaze at Gemignani’s Italian Restaurant is believed to have started in the restaurant kitchen in the early morning hours last Tuesday. A tenant in an upstairs apartment escaped safely, …

UPDATE – As of late Monday morning, we are informed that tickets to attend the dinner have sold out. Veterans Day is Friday, and Calumet will celebrate the 105th birthday of its historic high school Junior ROTC program. American Legion Post 61 member David Crowley says the program is believed …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. NHL Dominik Kubalik’s goal in overtime lifted the Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Rangers yesterday. New York took an early 2-0 lead. Tallies by Matt Luff and Pius Suter tied the game in the second period. Alex Nedejkovic …

All of the incumbents running for reelection to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Council survived Saturday’s primary election, but some could face stiff competition in the general election. In the L’Anse District, incumbent Edward M. Edwards was the top vote-getter, with 95 votes. Newcomer Austin Ayres garnered 79 votes, …

On this week’s Copper Country Today… • Houghton County Sheriff Josh Saarinen talked with host Todd VanDyke about the drug problem in the Copper Country, and how law enforcement is addressing it. Listen to the discussion here. • Todd talked with Helen Taylor of The Nature Conservancy about the significant …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school football playoff games involving Upper Peninsula teams Saturday… • In Division Six, Negaunee blanked Menominee 44-0. Gladstone eliminated Manistee 36-14. • In Division Five, Kingsford fell to Gladwin 59-25. In 11-player regional games next weekend… • …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The Lake Linden-Hubbell football team’s season ended with a 45-6 loss at North Central last night in an eight-player Division Two regional title game. James Milkey’s 28-yard toss to Sam Roberts provided the Lakes’ only score. Milkey rushed for …

Coming up soon, Hancock residents will decide on approving two proposals regarding Hancock Public Schools. The first Proposal deals with a traditional bond issues. The newest bond proposal for the school follows a trend downward, saving taxpayers money. The school would plan to take the money and use it for …