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State Maritime Archaeologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wayne Lusardi, will present “Aviation Maritime Archaeology in Michigan” at 10 am tomorrow. The talk will highlight research opportunities to study underwater and shoreline archaeology and natural systems. Balloons, biplanes, helicopters, fixed wing monoplanes, jet aircraft, even rockets and satellites, …

Maintenance work will require more early morning traffic delays on the Houghton-Hancock Bridge this week. Contractors will be closing the bridge multiple times between tomorrow morning and Friday morning. Closings will range from 25 to 40 minutes each. No more than four closures are planned for any one morning. Traffic …

Construction work will begin today on two highway bridges in Ontonagon County. The bridges on M-64 over Halfway Creek and the Floodwood River will be rebuilt. Both are located between Ontonagon and Silver City. Traffic will be reduced to one lane, controlled by temporary stoplights. Work should be completed by …

College Baseball The Finlandia University baseball team lost both of its games at Wisconsin-Whitewater yesterday, 13-1 and 14-4. Jordan D’Angelo had three hits for the Lions. College Softball The Finlandia softball team lost two to Bay College yesterday, 3-0 and 7-4. NBA Opening-round NBA tournament play continued yesterday. In the Eastern …

The long-time chair of the Houghton County Board of Commissioners has died. Albert Koskela, of Traprock Valley, passed away on Sunday morning, April 24th, at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. Koskela’s commitment to public service also included the Copper Country Intermediate School District Board, where he served as president, and …

High School In high school baseball Saturday… • Calumet at Ontonagon – canceled. • Lake Linden-Hubbell at Merrill – no report. College Baseball The Finlandia University baseball team dropped both ends of its doubleheader at Wisconsin-Whitewater Saturday, 15-2 and 11-4. Chance White homered for the Lions, who will play two more …

On this week’s edition of Copper Country today, Todd Vandyke talks with the three candidates for the open Houghton City Council seat in the May 3rd special election. Hear what they think about the parking deck, waterfront development, and other pertinent issues. Listen to the interview with Mike Salmi here. …

High School In high school baseball yesterday… • Houghton took two games at Kingsford, 11-1 and 5-3. Kade Farrell was the winning pitcher in the opener, and John Horning got the win in the nightcap. • Calumet at Northland Pines – no report. On the baseball schedule today… • Calumet at …

The Forest Service has announced their plans for prescribed burns in the Ottawa and Hiawatha national forests. Prescribed burns will begin in late April, and can continue into the fall. The burn schedule for 2022 is weather and fuel dependent. Five locations will be burned in the Ottawa national forest, …

Stanton Township Fire is offering Emergency Medical Responder training beginning in May. An EMR  is the lowest level of training for first responders, but is a first step toward helping the community. The hope is to never have to use training in a real scenario, but it is always important …