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In a statement last week 1st District of Michigan Congressman,  Representative Jack Bergman, says that the current language of the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year of 2022 contains red flag law-like language. Red flag laws are those that allow police or family to petition state courts to …

Northern Michigan University named their Interim President on Friday. Kerri Schuiling will take over the role for the university while the schools Board of Trustees searches for someone to fill the role permanently. Schuiling was appointed to Provost and Vice President in 2014. She is the lead developer of the …

High School In high school volleyball tonight…• The Houghton match scheduled to be played at Marquette has been canceled. See the full schedule for all our local high school teams here. College Soccer The Tech soccer team blanked Northern Michigan 2-0 yesterday. Grace Shaw and Stephanie Yeager each found the …

High School In high school football Saturday… • Lake Linden-Hubbell survived a late Stephenson comeback attempt, and earned a 34-30 homecoming victory at Warner Field. The Eagles grabbed an early advantage, with quarterback Canaan Elson completing a nearly eight-minute opening drive with a one-yard plunge. The two-point conversion attempt failed. …

  Chassell Township Schools is starting the school year with something new. On Saturday there will be the first autumn harvest festival at the Chassell school building. The event is being put on by students, who have worked together across grades says English Teacher Sarah Guidotti and Title One Aid …

High School In high school football last night… • Calumet shut down Iron Mountain 21-6. The Copper Kings held the Mountaineers without a first down in the first half, as they built a 14-0 halftime lead. Dryden Nelson and Kip Kangas ran for touchdowns, and Nolan Sturos caught a TD …

Bikers will be on the road for a good cause Monday evening. The 8th Annual Ride Against Abuse is a community awareness event for the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home held early in October, coinciding with the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Few things raise awareness like a convoy …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners met at noon on Wednesday to pass a budget for the new fiscal year which began today. In general, revenue and expenditures were in line with past amounts with one notable exception. Over $3.7 million is courtesy of federal sources thanks to recent COVID …

At Thursday’s Calumet Village Council work session, the gallery was nearly full. Dozens of people attached to the Calumet Theatre Company, along with Wendy Davis and Sean Gohman from the National Park Service were in attendance. There has been some discussion among the council that it look at potentially breaking …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department says they will be prioritizing contact tracing efforts for high-risk cases, namely nursing homes and potential school outbreaks. The decision comes as COVID activity hits a six-month high for the period ending September 29th. Over seven days, Houghton County recorded 78 cases. Luckily, that …