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Inpatient units are allowing visitors again after a roughly two week pause. The change comes with heavy restrictions, though. Only one person is allowed per patient between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM. Anyone in isolation due to COVID-19, or suspected of having the virus, cannot have guests. The Emergency Department …

College Basketball The Northern Michigan women’s basketball team completed a weekend sweep of Lake Superior State University yesterday with an 83-66 victory. The Wildcats built a 15-point lead five minutes into the game, and never looked back. The Northern men’s team used a strong first half to salvage a weekend …

College Hockey The eighth-ranked Bowling Green State University hockey team completed a weekend sweep of 18th-ranked Michigan Tech with a 5-2 victory Saturday night. Tristan Ashbrook gave the Huskies an early lead, and Alec Broetzman’s goal late in the opening period gave Tech a 2-1 lead at the first intermission. …

As thousands met in Lansing, a local gathering lined the pedestrian walkways across the Portage Lift Bridge on Saturday morning. They amassed to send a message that student athletes deserve to have a winter sports season. Hockey players made up the majority of the crowd. Players and coaches from Calumet, …

College Hockey The 18th-ranked Michigan Tech hockey team lost at eighth-ranked Bowling Green 6-3 last night. The Falcons opened up a quick lead, scoring twice before Alec Broetzman got one back five minutes into the contest. Bowling Green then added two more. Trenton Bliss narrowed the gap with goals late …

The week began with the Hancock Public Schools Board of Education pushing for local control over in-person instruction and extracurricular activities. It is ending with the Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium, and the Keweenaw doing the same. At a special meeting of the CLK Board of Education Thursday, the organization …

The state’s woes regarding unemployment insurance are creating a new problem as tax season kicks into full gear. In a phone call with State Senator Ed McBroom earlier this week, he said a vast majority of people have had no problems, but for those who have slipped through the cracks …

The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) made a drug related arrest in Houghton County on Tuesday. Charles Knuckles, from South Range, was apprehended for one count of methamphetamine distribution. The 28-year-old was arraigned on the charge Thursday in 97th District Court with bail set at $5,000. The charge is …

Now that the gray wolf population has returned to robust health in the United States, they have been removed from the endangered species list. In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the wolf count has ballooned from 140 in 1998 to over 600 every year for the past decade. It is still a …

The Western UP Health Department updated COVID-19 activity levels across its five-county district Thursday. The release covers new numbers for an entire week dating back to January 21st. Adjusting for that fact shows mostly positive trends again locally. The net number of cases continues to ease downwards led by improving …