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On this week’s Copper Country Today program: • Host Todd VanDyke talks with Copper Country Intermediate School District Superintendent Jim Rautiola about school restarting in the area, along with challenges districts are facing finding teachers and bus drivers. Listen to the discussion here. • Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly is …

College Football Finlandia University dropped its football season opener 52-7 to Benedictine University Saturday. The Eagles opened the scoring with a field goal. The Lions responded with their only touchdown of the game, when Hunter Miles connected with Raiden Toldness for an 85-yard catch and run. The Finlandia offense would …

This year’s all school reunion in calumet did more than bring alumni home. Wednesday afternoon, CHS/SHHS Reunion Association President David Crowley gifted checks to Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw (CLK) Schools arts, band and theater departments. Each department was astonished by the gifts, and support from the area. With each teacher expressing that the …

A 24-year-old L’Anse man is on life support this morning, following an assault yesterday in Houghton. Houghton police officers were called to the Arbor Green Apartments on Dodge Street around 4:50 a.m. They found the victim severely beaten and unconscious. The victim was taken by Mercy Ambulance to UP Health …

Around 100 friends of Hancock Downtown Development Authority Coordinator and community leader Deb Mann remembered her yesterday at a gathering at Quincy Green. Mann was killed Tuesday in an explosion and fire at her home. Her husband survived, and he attended the gathering, along with their daughters. Hancock city council …

The Ahmeek Village Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will be better able to fight fires, thanks to a recent federal grant, The $42,623.00 award from the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant program will be used to replace existing fire hose, much of which was donated by downstate departments. Captain Michael …

Travel will be a little easier on Michigan highways this Labor Day weekend, as the Michigan Department of Transportation will suspend work on many of its construction projects. From 3 p.m. today until 6 a.m. Tuesday, 96 out of 162 construction zones will open up. Officials note that caution will …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional details. High School In high school football last night…• Houghton improved to 2-0 with a 44-8 victory over L’Anse. Gab Carlson caught touchdown passes of 68 and 15 yards, and ran 29 yards for a score. Kyle Primeau ran for two touchdowns.• Calumet …

In one month the Air Force ROTC unit on Michigan Tech’s campus will hold their annual POW/MIA 5K run/walk. The fundraising event is set up and organized by the ROTC unit, to honor the men and women who have been lost to war without record of what happened to them. …

The Keweenaw Learning Center has introduced a new after school program to help students with academics. Starting this fall, the organization will offer tutoring and homework help for area students grades 6 through 10. The after school program will go from 3:45 pm to 6 pm each school day. Certified …