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A Baraga man has been appointed to the Michigan Board of Counseling. Robin Chosa operates a food vending business, and is an operations manager for the MTU Ford Center. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Michigan Technological University. If approved by the state senate, Chosa will represent …

The City of Houghton is looking to fill vacancies on several commissions. Terms on the Planning Commission, the Housing Commission, and the Downtown Development Authority/Tax Increment Finance Authority begin January 1, 2023. To serve on the planning commission, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the city or an …

The Copper Country could soon be getting its first electric school buses.  The L’Anse School District has received a $790,000 grant to purchase two electrically powered vehicles. The money is part of more than $54 million dollars earmarked in the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In total, 25 Michigan districts will …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The high school volleyball tournament opens tonight.• In Division Four, District 98, L’Anse plays at Dollar Bay-Tamarack City, and Chassell plays at Lake Linden-Hubbell.• In Division Four District 97 at Ontonagon, Ewen Trout Creek faces Bessemer.• In Division Three, …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. College Football The Michigan Tech football team was no match for top-ranked Grand Valley State Saturday, falling 42-7 at Kearly Stadium. Ethan Champney’s four-yard touchdown catch brought the Huskies their only score. Northern fell to seventh-rated Ferris State 56-20. Finlandia dropped …

In the first segment of Copper Country Today, host Todd VanDyke talks with representatives of the Adams Township Fire Department about their upcoming millage request for a new fire station, and with representatives of the City of Hancock about their millage request for additional police services. Listen here. In the …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School Of the four local teams that opened the high school football playoffs last night, only Lake Linden-Hubbell advanced. In Division Six…• Negaunee smothered Houghton 48-0.• Calumet lost 44-39 at Menominee. The teams traded touchdowns through much of the first …

MSP posts across Michigan are accepting old and expired prescriptions and medications as a part the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The Calumet Post will be open tomorrow from 10 am to 2 pm to accept dropped off prescriptions. The take back event will only accept …

Very soon Hancock residents will decide if a new millage rate to support the police department is needed in the community. Hancock, like other police departments, has struggled to retain and recruit full time officers. If passed the new police millage would add around 100,000 dollars to the police department’s …

Most of the allegations of sexual abuse by Upper Peninsula priests that turned up in a major state investigation will never be pursued. Attorney General Dana Nessel released the first of seven reports on the statewide probe into the Catholic church yesterday. Report number one focused on the Marquette Diocese. …