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The World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and various doctors have raised the alarm about obesity’s magnifying effect on the severity of COVID-19. An outsized percentage of COVID deaths have occurred in countries with high rates of obesity, helping to explain why western European societies and the …

High School In girls regional basketball semifinals tonight…• In Division Four, Baraga faces Ewen-Trout Creek at Jeffers High School at 7:00. Carney-Nadeau and Munising meet in the other semifinal.• In Division Three, Calumet plays Menominee at West Iron County High School. Coverage begins at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. …

High School Calumet lost to Cranbrook 4-1 in the Division Three state hockey championship game Saturday afternoon. The Cranes’ stout defense held the previously unbeaten Copper Kings to just 10 shots on goal. Tom Erkkila’s second period tally was the Kings’ only score. Calumet finishes a fine season with a …

High School Calumet faces Cranbrook for the Division Three state hockey title this afternoon. The Copper Kings advanced with a 3-0 shutout of Chelsea yesterday. Caden Lehto scored the only goal the Copper Kings would need in the first period. After a scoreless second frame, Seth Coppo found the net …

The City of Hancock originally gave notice for a council special meeting that was set to happen Thursday night. Member John Haeussler relays via email it was learned that a subject being discussed requires a public meeting to receive input prior to the council taking action on submitting an application. …

Your favorite radio stations wrapped up the Michigan Association of Broadcasters awards presentations with two additional merit plaques. KBear 102.3 nabbed a trophy Thursday for Best Special Show Broadcast for our deer hunters’ roundup coverage. On Friday, Keweenaw Report was recognized for its October 14th newscast. The lead segment was …

Finlandia University seniors will have an opportunity to walk across the stage at graduation this year. When they switch the tassel from one side of their cap to the other, they will be doing so only in front of fellow students and faculty though. The hybrid ceremony contains a video …

Michigan notched another decline in its unemployment rate for February, but for the wrong reasons. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget reports, “The state’s labor force experienced a second consecutive month of labor force withdrawal, down by 42,000, in February.” Throughout the decades the definition of someone who …

Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department was a mixed bag. First, the good news is that cases in Houghton County dropped from the prior update, falling from 30 to 27. Baraga and Keweenaw Counties saw seven new cases though so the area total jumped to 34 …

High School Calumet faces Chelsea in the high school hockey tournament semifinals this afternoon. Our broadcast begins at 1:05 in advance of a 1:30 faceoff on KBear102.3 and KBear102.com. Cranbrook and Flint Powers Catholic will meet in the other semifinal this morning at 10:00. Today’s winners will face off for …