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Yesterday’s high winds caused problems across the Western Upper Peninsula. A windblown tree partially blocks Golf Course Road in Baraga County. Power outages were reported in a number of locations. At one point, UPPCO reported 4,500 customers without power across its service area, and crews worked through the night. WE …

The L’Anse village council has thrown its support behind an effort to reestablish a presence by the Michigan State Police in Baraga County. The former L’Anse State Police post. There was a post in L’Anse from 1935 through 2011, when budget problems forced the state to shut it down. Last …

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel are scheduled to apply lampricides in several area streams beginning today. In Baraga County, Fossum Creek south of Skanee and the Little Carp River in Baraga Township will be treated. In Houghton County, lampricides will be applied to Dover Creek – also known as …

High School In high school baseball yesterday… • Houghton downed L’Anse 18-2 in the first game of their doubleheader. In the nightcap, the Houghton JV defeated the L’Anse varsity 19-12. • Jeffers swept Hancock, 7-0 and 7-5. Levi Frahm was the winning pitcher in the opener, and Dean Jurmu the …

Finland’s Ambassador, Mikko Hautala will not make it next week during a scheduled visit to the Keweenaw Peninsula. He will be replaced by Ambassador Okko-Pekka Salmimies. Due to rising tensions between Finland and Russia, Hautala will travel to Washington D.C. to meet with U.S. officials. Salmimies will join the other …

Today Adelina Oronova and Nazar Gora will hold another rally of support for their home country, Ukraine. Since Russia’s invasion into their home, Adelina and Nazar, have organized demonstrations in the Copper Country. Today May 9th, is traditionally known as Victory Day for citizens in Russia, in order to mark …

High School On the high school baseball schedule today…• Houghton plays at L’Anse.• Hancock visits Jeffers.• Calumet plays at Lake Linden-Hubbell. On the softball schedule…• Calumet plays at Hancock. Coverage will begin at 3:40 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.• Houghton travels to Iron Mountain• Lake Linden-Hubbell …

With the ice barely gone from the Portage Canal, the Keweenaw is welcoming its first special maritime visitor of the season. The Sea Change Expeditions boat will be docked for several days near the Houghton Skate Park. Captain Mark Gordon, his wife Katya, and volunteer student crew members sail Lake …

College Baseball The Finlandia University baseball team lost two more games at Wisconsin-Stout Saturday, 12-3 and 9-6. Garrett Alton and Brandon Gaskin each had four hits. Gaskin and Josh Merced homered. NHL NHL opening-round playoff action continued Saturday. In the Eastern Conference… • The Capitals buried the Panthers 6-1. Washington …

Members of the 88th graduating class of Gogebic Community College received their diplomas Friday night.  At the Lindquist Center in Ironwood, 180 degrees were awarded. Seventy-eight students graduated with honors or high honors. Speaker Marquise Slay recounted how the degree he earned from GCC in 2013 propelled him to a …