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The Calumet Theatre is dark for the month of December. Board President Dan Jamison says the organization is reworking its insurance policy with the help of the Leveque Agency. What I did was get the $2 million basic liability and an additional $1 million balloon liability and a liquor liability …

High School Mother Nature snowed out the opening games of the high school boys basketball season last night… • The Lake Linden-Hubbell game at Hancock has been rescheduled to tonight. The varsity game will tip off at 5:45, ahead of the regularly-scheduled Bulldogs girls game. • The Jeffers game at …

FishingBooker says that Copper Harbor is one of the eight best places in America to ice fish. It joins Midwest magnets like Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin, Brainerd, Minnesota, and Devils Lake in North Dakota, among other national sites. The honor won’t be a surprise to area residents, but Keweenaw Convention …

A growing bipartisan chorus is urging the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to release the transcript for discussions held during a closed door meeting in late October. The panel met with lawyers in response to a state civil rights department opinion that said the preliminary draft the group has been working …

More details are emerging about the actions taken by Oxford Community Schools officials in the days leading up to the shooting at the high school last Tuesday, killing four. In a press conference held on Friday, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald discussed several warning signs displayed by 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley. …

The City of Houghton’s May special election is technically already underway. Prospective candidates can pick up nominating packets at City Center during regular business hours. There are no fees charged for running, but anyone interested in having their name on the ballot must return a form filled with 40 to …

State Senator Ed McBroom and State Representative Greg Markkanen discuss a range of issues from education and school safety to reciprocity agreements for the lumber industry operating between Michigan and Wisconsin. Judy Evert from the Chassell Improvement Association stops by to talk Old-Fashioned Christmas happening this Friday and Saturday. Families …

High School The high school boys basketball season opens tonight… • Hancock entertains Lake Linden-Hubbell. • Jeffers visits Baraga. • L’Anse travels to Ontonagon. NHL The Detroit Red Wings host the Nashville Predators tomorrow. Coverage will begin at 6:45 on 99.3 The Lift.  NBA The Detroit Pistons host the Oklahoma …

UPDATE: The stolen Ford Focus was found by law enforcement in Calumet. It was abandoned in a parking lot and no arrest has been made in the incident. A silver 2006 Ford Focus was taken from a parking lot on Second Street in the Village of Lake Linden between 1:00 …

High School In high school hockey Saturday… • Hartland shut down Houghton 4-1. • Jeffers and Manistique skated to a 1-1 tie. Kellen Koskinen scored the Jets’ only goal. • Traverse City Central blanked Hancock 4-0. The Copper Country Christian School boys basketball team defeated Maplewood 43-36 Saturday. Daba Holmes …