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Kids teemed throughout downtown Hancock on Friday night, making the city’s Christmas Walk the largest ever. Manager Mary Babcock was at City Hall helping with cookie decorating. By 6:00 she was handing out gift packs of stickers and other holiday themed giveaways, because they had run out of treats. Across …

Founders Laurel and Melissa Maki discuss 31 Backpacks, an organization dedicated to ensuring nutritious meals for less fortunate students when they are not at school. There are volunteer opportunities for their weekly packs, providing food over each weekend, and for The Big Pack, designed to handle needs during the holiday …

College Hockey The Finlandia University women’s hockey team snapped their 40-game losing streak by skating to a 1-1 tie with Northland College yesterday. Breanna Bisek scored for the Lions. Laney Pasemko made 28 saves.   College Basketball The Michigan Tech men’s basketball team outscored Saint Cloud State 90-76 yesterday. Owen …

High School The Calumet swept its way to a victory in the Copper Island Classic by defeating Hancock 6-3 Saturday night. Paul Sturos led the Copper Kings with two goals and an assist. Jackson Rilei and Tom Erkkila each added a goal and an assist, and Cliff Jurmu and Ayden …

Correction: Article originally said Saturday when Friday was intended. Michigan State Police and Houghton County Sheriff’s Department personnel responded to a crash Friday evening just after six. A sport utility vehicle was rear ended by a pickup truck at the intersection of US 41 and French Town Road in Quincy …

High School In high school hockey, Calumet and Hancock face off in the Copper Island Classic tonight and tomorrow. Both games in the total-goals competition will be played at the Colosseum. Coverage of both contests will begin at 6:40 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3. The 11-player …

College Volleyball The Michigan Tech volleyball team will open the NCAA tournament a week from today. The Huskies are seeded second in the Midwest Region, and will face seventh-seed Wayne State at Ferris State University in Big Rapids in the opening round. NHL The Detroit Red Wings broke their four-game winless …

Each Christmas season, the Copper Country Angel Mission sets up a tree filled with the wants and needs of children across the area. Sherry Middlemis-Brown, who sits on the Board of Directors, says that about two-thirds of the requests have been answered, but that still leaves 35 kids hoping for …

Tower work will keep crews busy on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge at least through the week of December 6th. Weather will play a huge factor in how much construction is possible before winter finally halts things. Delays for pedestrians, bicycles, and motor traffic will occur intermittently for a half …

For 16 straight days, area students will be away from the classroom to celebrate Christmas, New Year’s, and all of the other holidays that make this time of year so special. For 31 Backpacks, that’s quite the challenge. Founders Laurel and Melissa Maki say they do not know the identities …