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Slow Pitch Softball In Copper Country Slow Pitch Softball League play this evening… • At Miller Memorial Field in Laurium, Koppers faces Downtowner Two at 6:15, and then plays Auto Pro/Thermoanalytics at 7:30. • At the Hancock Driving Park, Pat’s Foods/Bucko’s plays Sayen’s Auto/Coca Cola at 6:15. Amy J’s Pasty …

High School At the U.P. Track and Field Finals at Kingsford yesterday… • Negaunee won the Division One girls meet. Houghton placed fifth, and Calumet 10th. The Gremlins won the 4×800-meter relay. Houghton’s Clare Filpus claimed the 1600-meter run. See results here. • Marquette took the Division One boys title, …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Finlandia University is celebrating 125 years. In segment one, Todd VanDyke talks with Clare Zuraw from the Finnish American Folk School about the school, its programs, and events coming up to celebrate the anniversary. Listen to the discussion here. In segment two, university archivist …

High School The Houghton and Jeffers baseball teams, and the Hancock softball team won district titles yesterday. In baseball…• In Division Three at Iron Mountain…  – Houghton got past Iron Mountain 5-3 in the first semifinal.  – Calumet fell to Negaunee 9-1 in the second semifinal.  – Houghton blanked Negaunee …

SkyWest Airlines wants to drop service down to a single round trip flight a day at Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX). In the county commissioners’ special meeting this morning, all five members agreed to deny SkyWest’s proposed plan to slow service in the county until the end of their contract …

Keweenaw Co-Op’s capital campaign is under way. And the community oriented grocer has already found many new members investing into their plans, and current members reaffirming their commitment to the store. As a part of their move downtown, the Co-Op needs to raise 1,000,000. If we can hit the minimum …

Lake Linden-Hubbell softball and Jeffers baseball swept the top Copper Mountain Conference honors for the 2022 season. In baseball, the Jets earned an 8-0 record in conference games. Dean Jurmu was named Player of the Year, Levi Frahm was honored as Pitcher of the Year, and Luke Paul earned Coach …

An early morning fire damaged the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house on College Avenue in Houghton. The Houghton Fire Department arrived at the scene around 4:30 this morning. Heavy smoke from the blaze was observed for several hours. Officials say there were people in the home when the fire broke …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners has called a special meeting this morning. The agenda includes one new item, titled “Airport Operations.” It could include information about SkyWest’s attempt to discontinue service to the Houghton County Memorial Airport. Commissioners will also continue discussion about the use of $6.8 million of …

The City of Houghton has changed its voting precinct boundary.  The adjustment was required after redistricting reassigned some city residents to a different county board of commissioners district.  The precinct boundary change mostly affects voters in West Houghton between Bridge Street and M-26 and voters along West Lakeshore Drive. Those …