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Baraga County Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Barbara McEwen says the area’s snowmobile scene is still stuck in neutral. Unlike the rest of the Keweenaw, Baraga has not recovered from the warmth in the middle of December. McEwen says several trails were still well below what is needed to …

High School SCHOOL CLOSINGS COULD FORCE SCHEDULE CHANGES On the basketball schedule tonight… • Both Jeffers teams host Bessemer. The girls varsity contest will start at 5:45 in the new gym, with the boys game to follow. The JV contests will be played in the old gym. • Both Dollar …

Houghton County Memorial Airport has sidestepped cancellation and delay problems seen elsewhere in recent weeks, but it can’t escape the fury of a Keweenaw winter. Of the four flights scheduled Wednesday between CMX and O’Hare in Chicago, one is canceled and two others delayed as of 11:30 AM. In addition …

Upper Peninsula State Bank hopes to have its first branch in the Copper Country operating by the end of June. The financial institution will be opening a location on Razorback Drive in Houghton. President and CEO David Williams says his bank really believes in its name. It wants to represent …

Marc Mallory, husband of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement released late Tuesday, Press Secretary Bobby Leddy says, “After the positive test, Governor Whitmer took a rapid test, which came back negative, and is awaiting the results of a PCR test out of an …

The Department of Natural Resources is accepting license applications for the spring turkey hunting season through February 1st. Forms can be completed online through eLicense or affiliated retailers. A $5 fee is assessed for processing. Michigan ranks fourth in the country for the size of its turkey harvest each year. …

High School In high school boys basketball last night… • Houghton shut down West Iron County 66-24. • Jeffers overwhelmed Calumet 67-24. The Jets had four players in double figures, led by Isaiah Frahm with 15 points. Johnny Schutz added 13, Levi Frahm 11, and Matthew Schutz had 10. No …

31 Backpacks traditionally holds its weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings, but forecasts call for up to a foot of snow beginning this evening. To get ahead of Mother Nature, the organization will instead have its pack tonight at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Hancock. The group’s efforts are …

Two reports show Michigan taxpayers shelled out billions in illegitimate unemployment insurance claims in 2020 as economic shutdowns drove record numbers out of the labor force. In November, Michigan’s Inspector General warned during an audit that $3.9 billion handed out during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic went to …

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting a popular financial assistance program on ice again this year. It’s almost tax season and the Portage Lake District Library commonly offers assistance to filers in conjunction with the AARP. With that off the table, the main branch is moving to ensure that significant resources …