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High School The Calumet High School hockey team lost 4-3 to Midland Dow in the state Division Three semifinals yesterday afternoon. The score was tied at two after the first period, as Calumet got goals from Gabe Mattila and Jackson Rilei. After the Chargers scored two more, Ayden Williams closed …

97.7 The Wolf and KBear 102 were awarded five “Best in Category” awards and two Merit awards during ceremonies Thursday hosted by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.  The five is the highest ever received by the stations in the excellence in radio competition and is the most awarded to any small-market station this …

Corn beef and Saint Patrick’s day go together like America and apple pie. Bernie’s Annual Corned Beef Dinner will be hosted by the American Legion Post 90 in Lake Linden. Post Commander Ron Schmitt says the annual dinner began many years ago, and has been a staple holiday fundraiser for …

Earlier this week Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that auto insurance refund checks will start to arrive in Michigander’s mail boxes over the coming weeks. The 400 dollar refund checks are coming out of the state’s 5 billion dollar surplus that insurers pay into to help victims of auto accidents pay …

Science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard grew many strange and interesting worlds out of his head and onto paper. And like many book writers he became a point of inspiration to many novelists and authors, including Mike Jack Stoumbos. Stoumbos grew up in the area with his mother and brother …

Spring is just around the corner and Yoopers are anxious to get out into the world. As are many gardeners who are preparing for another growing season. March 19th from 10 am to 1 pm at the Portage Lake District Library there will be a seed swap. While there attendees …

High School In girls high school regional championship basketball games last night… • In Division Four, Baraga defeated Carney Nadeau 61-47. The Vikings improve to 22-1 on the season. They will play Pickford in the state quarterfinals Tuesday. The Michigan High School Athletic Association has not announced a location for …

The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office has named Sgt. Jon Giachino as temporary undersheriff. Giachino will step in for Undersheriff Kevin Coppo, who has taken a leave of absence. Sheriff Joshua Saaranen confirmed this afternoon that Coppo was involved in an incident that is under investigation in Grand Traverse County. Saaranen …

Calumet, L’Anse, and Baraga students were swimming with the sharks on Wednesday at Finlandia University. The School of International Business hosted representatives of the merchant community, including the proprietor of Black Ice Comics, executive director of the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance, and others to judge pitches of various business plans …

A former Aspirus executive, and now Michigan hospital administrator, died in a plane crash in Northwest Florida Tuesday. MyMichigan Health President and CEO Diane Postler-Slattery and her husband, Don, were both aboard the aircraft when it went down, killing all occupants. Postler-Slattery was chief operating officer of Aspirus Wausau Hospital …