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First District U.S. Representative Jack Bergman has changed his endorsement in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Bergman had initially supported former Detroit Police Chief James Craig. Craig was the early front-runner, but his campaign hasn’t gained traction, and has suffered from some high-level staff turnover. Bergman now says …

Houghton city voters will go to the polls a week from today to select a new council member. Mike Salmi, Robyn Johnson and Craig Waddell are on the ballot, and all appeared on Copper Country Today this past Sunday. With a bill for more than a million dollars coming up …

High School With snow in the forecast, all of today’s high school sports contests have been canceled. The Calumet at Kingsford softball games have been rescheduled to tomorrow. College Softball The Finlandia University softball team has introduced a new recruit for next season. Lacy Soliz is an outfielder from Austin, …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: UPDATE: A graveside service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 8, 2022 at Lake View Cemetery (Section H) in Calumet with Rev. Father Gracious Pulimoottil to officiate. Lucille (Lu) Patricia Armitage passed away in Roseville, CA. on April 5th, 2022, at …

Boyne Mountain gave up last week, making Mount Bohemia the last standing ski resort open in the state. Boyne shut down their artificial snow operations as temperatures in Michigan’s lower peninsula move into springtime. Driven by a solid winter of natural snow, over 300 inches in Keweenaw County, Mount Bohemia …

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 …