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High School In high school baseball yesterday…• Hancock edged Calumet 8-7 in extra innings in the opener of their doubleheader. Calumet came back to take the nightcap 7-2, in a game that ended early because of rain.• Lake Linden-Hubbell and Gogebic split their doubleheader, with the Miners taking game one …

Yoopers for Ukraine is hosting a night of cinema and art at the Rozsa Center on Michigan Tech’s campus next week. Organizers hope the benefit event can raise funds for a chaplain on the front line.  His team lost their emergency vehicle. The proceeds will also pay for med-packs for …

Hancock’s Police department has received a grant from the Portage Health Auxiliary. The department is getting $6,552 to replace old AED’s and needed accessories. Police respond to many medical calls, and can often times be the first on scene. AED’s are used to quickly shock the heart, after someone suffers …

Keweenaw County has approved a special use permit for the new East Bluff Campground. East Bluff plans to set up 25 primitive campsites, along with a single privy and a hand pumped well. The privy will have a 12 watt solar light to help people see at night. The county …

The latest COVID-19 surge continues to push diagnoses up in the Copper Country, although numbers remain far below where they were early this year. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports 82 new confirmed cases in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties in the past week. That’s 41 …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board was in a hiring mode at Tuesday’s meeting.  Directors approved staff members for the Summer Program for Students with Severe Disabilities, and for Camp Nesbit. They okayed extended school year staffers for the upcoming summer, and filled a number of open staff positions.  …

As the Lake Superior fishing season opens, anglers are being asked to keep an eye out for marked splake. Splake are a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout. They have been stocked in Lake Superior by the Department of Natural Resources since 1971, particularly in Copper Harbor, Keweenaw …

The Copper Country Community Arts Center has issued a call for artwork based on the iconic Houghton-Hancock Bridge.  The Lift Bridge will be honored during Bridgefest this year as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. In recognition, the Arts Center plans a community exhibition of art inspired by the bridge.  …

High School In high school baseball this afternoon… • Calumet plays at Hancock. • Lake Linden-Hubbell welcomes Gogebic. • L’Anse plays at Jeffers. In softball today… • Houghton plays at Hancock. • Calumet hosts L’Anse • Baraga travels to Gogebic. At the George Young Golf Invitational at West Iron County …

Last Saturday A Hazel Park man was arrested by Houghton County Sheriff after a narcotic trafficking stop. During the investigation deputies executed a search warrant on the vehicle and a residence in Dollar Bay. The sheriff sized 3.8 ounces in crystal methamphetamine, a firearm, and several items used for drug …