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Traffic will be disrupted this week at the busy M-28/US-41 intersection in Harvey, east of Marquette.  The intersection will be repaved as part of a larger project stretching three miles south on US-41. Because of the heavy traffic, paving at the intersection will be done at night, to minimize disruption. …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. Slow Pitch Softball In Copper Country Slow Pitch Softball League play this evening… • At Miller Memorial Field in Laurium, Koppers plays A and S Industrial/Loukus Tech at 6:15, then takes on Pat’s Foods/Bucko’s at 7:30. • At the Hancock Driving …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program… • The Michigan Tech Employees Federal Credit Union is changing its name. David Rautiola and Paula Magowan talk with host Todd VanDyke about the reason, and about the credit union philosophy. Listen to the discussion here. • It will be a busy and …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School At the 36th U.P. All-Star Classic basketball game in Saint Ignace Saturday… • In the boys competition, the East defeated the West 103-84. Escanaba’s Colin Hudson was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. • In the girls game, the …

Editor’s Note; 97.7 The Wolf’s Kevin Ericson was able to provide us with some photos from tonight’s firework display. You will find them below within the photo gallery.  Bridge Fest has returned. Hundreds of people flocked to Quincy Street in Hancock and Sheldon Avenue in Houghton to see the grand …

Running At the Thatcher Markham Memorial 5k Run last night… • Kolson Kytta of Chassell claimed the men’s title, finishing 15 seconds ahead of Hancock’s Nik Thomas. • Kristen Monahan of Houghton won the women’s crown, nearly two minutes ahead of Houghton’s Kristina Owen. To see full results, including the …

Following Bridgefest weekend the city of Hancock will keep on rocking the night away. As Canal Rock returns to Porvoo Park next Friday. The first band kicking off the summer concert series for the city is Conga Finn. The Canal Rock series will continue through the month of July with …

Out on Torch Lake will be the third annual fastest show on h2o, the Jeff Moyle Memorial Watercross race. Lake Linden is one of the International Watercross Association’s most pristine venues on their circuit. The watercross race is hosted by and benefits the Lake Linden Fire Department, who will put …

Today the Portage Lake Lift Bridge earned a new milestone achievement. This morning ASCE Society President, Dennis Truax presented Houghton City Clerk Ann Volrath and Hancock Mayor Paul LaBine with placards commemorating the lift bridge as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. A small crowd gathered at Bridgeview Park in …

Bridgefest opens today in Houghton and Hancock. After a two-year pause because of COVID-19 pandemic concerns, the celebration of the two cities, and the single, historic bridge that links them, returns with a full schedule of events. Activities begin this morning, with a ceremony acknowledging the Houghton-Hancock Bridge’s recognition as …