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Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. Twilight League Baseball Houghton Building Supply-Stanton won the annual Leo Durocher Memorial Tournament played at the Stanton Field over the weekend. On the final day yesterday… • REL-Mohawk Technology defeated Channing 8-3. • Stanton downed Craig Heinonen Coldwell Banker 10-2. • …

The longtime chief of the L’Anse Fire Department was named Firefighter of the Year at the 2022 Copper Country Firefighters Tournament Saturday. Mike Bianco has been a member of the L’Anse Fire Department for 39 years, and has served the past 14 years as chief. He will be retiring from …

Protests erupted across the state over the weekend, following the release of the United States Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Roe v Wade decision that protected a woman’s right to an abortion. Demonstrators took to the Houghton-Hancock Bridge Saturday afternoon to express their feelings.  At this point, nothing has changed …

Yet another investigation into the results of the voting in Antrim County in the 2020 presidential election has turned up no evidence of fraud. Antrim gained national attention when a clerical error briefly made it appear that Joe Biden was winning the heavily-Republican county. The mistake was quickly corrected, and …

Results are in from Finlandia University’s annual Giving Day campaign.  On June 14th, the Alumni Board conducted its annual effort, with a goal of raising $10,000 to help students purchase textbooks.  With the receipt of some late donations, the goal was reached, with 44 gifts totaling $10,300.  Since 2019, the …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School A big second half boosted Team Black to a 54-28 victory over the Team Red in Saturday’s U.P. High School All Star Football Game. Dryden Nelson scored five touchdowns, and was named Team Black Offensive Player of the Game. …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program: • Author Larry Jorgensen talks with host Todd VanDyke about how a shipload of Chryslers and its crew was saved after an icy Keweenaw shipwreck a century ago. Hear the conversation here. • Todd chases European frog bit and phragmites with Connor Ford …

High School The U.P. High School All Star Football Game will be played today at the Superior Dome. Teams are not divided geographically, but instead are split into Red and Black squads. Only graduating seniors are invited to play. Local members of the Black team include: • Carter Kilpela, Dryden Nelson, …

Gina Thorsen will be officially named the new CEO of Jacquart Fabric products today. Jacquart is the parent company of Stormy Kromer. Thorsen is passed the torch by her father, Bob Jacquart, and she will be the first CEO of the 100 year old Stormy Kromer brand. During the past …

Yesterday Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bipartisan child care reform package of bills. The reforms hope to expand access to quality, affordable childcare, and builds upon the bipartisan budget, that included expanded funding for childcare centers. The package is split in two main topics; regulatory reforms, and expanding …