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A potential opponent for incumbent Republican Jack Bergman is in the Copper Country this week, hosting three town halls. On Monday night Dr. Robert Lorinser was at the Keweenaw Heritage Center, in the reception area on the lower level of the former St. Anne’s Church. The crowd numbered perhaps 25, …

High School In the boys high school basketball tournament last night… • Ewen-Trout Creek ended Lake Linden-Hubbell’s season with a 71-31 victory in a Division Four regional semifinal. North Central ousted Munising 49-33 in the other semifinal. The Jets and Panthers will play for the regional crown tomorrow at 7:00 …

Crowds are returning to theaters but there aren’t enough new films for them to see. In the wake of the omicron wave of COVID, many studios pulled back substantially on what they are allowing to be shown on the silver screen. In particular, families have had no options for over …

A pilot shortage has SkyWest Airlines reevaluating which airports it serves across the country. The carrier is a regional affiliate of United, bringing planes into and out of Houghton County Memorial Airport from O’Hare in Chicago. It is looking to maximize profit by focusing on more popular routes, and that …

Calumet High School’s JROTC program is one of the oldest in the country and they have qualified for the national JLAB competition in academics for the first time ever. Learn about that and the other components of the program, made up of about 90 students. Major Michael Farley and First …

The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country will be gathering around the husky statue on Michigan Tech’s campus tomorrow, decked in red. The demonstration marks Equal Pay Day, meant to highlight the wage disparity that exists between men and women. President Barry Fink says in a release that …

Update; Houghton Police say that temporary housing arrangements have been made for all residents of the apartment building as of 11am today. The City of Houghton Police Department has put out a press release that clarifies some additional details surrounding yesterday’s explosion near Franklin Square. At 1:27 AM a call …

High School In the boys basketball tournament tonight…• Lake Linden-Hubbell faces Ewen-Trout Creek in a regional semifinal at 5:30 at Negaunee. North Central will play Munising in the second semifinal. After the Michigan High School Athletic Association first announced that tomorrow’s quarterfinal girls basketball game between Baraga and Pickford would …

Just as clocks sprung forward, an explosion rocked the Franklin Square area of downtown Houghton Sunday morning. Happening just after 3:00 AM, the blast led to a fire which subsequently destroyed an apartment complex next to the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce Office and Welcome Center. Keweenaw Report spoke to Councilor …

High School After first announcing that Tuesday’s quarterfinal girls basketball game between Baraga and Pickford would be played at Negaunee, the Baraga Athletic Department now reports that the Michigan High School Athletic Association moved the game to Munising, with tipoff at 6:00. The state high school hockey champions were crowned …