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Man Arrested for Driving Stolen Car While Drunk

A 38-year-old man was arrested by Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies early this morning, following a traffic stop on US-41 in Osceola Township. Deputies pulled the man over at 1:20 near the County Road intersection. He was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and driving …

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Tech Hockey Shades NMU in OT – Saturday Sports Wrap

High School Lake Linden-Hubbell linebacker Isaac Codere has been named to this year’s Upper Peninsula high school football 8-player Dream Team. In voting by members of the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, Lakes running back Caleb Klein and defensive end William Lyons were named to the First Team. Ben Tampas …

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Three Sent to Prison for Meth Distribution

Three Houghton County men have been sentenced to long prison terms for distributing crystal methamphetamine in the Upper Peninsula. Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Lee Timko, of Houghton, received a 192-month sentenced. Thirty-seven-year-old Joseph Brusso, of Atlantic Mine, was sentenced to 132 months. Twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Patrick Cornish of Calumet received a 120-month term. …

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Some COVID Restrictions Lifted

Some COVID-19 restrictions will be relaxed in Michigan beginning Monday, but the ban on inside restaurant service will continue. This afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said that progress in bringing infection rates down across the state warrants the resumption of some activities – but only those in which masks can be …

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Heikinpäivä 2021 Canceled

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another Copper Country community event. Heikinpäivä will not be held next month.  Members of the City of Hancock’s Finnish Theme Committee said they couldn’t come up with a way to do justice to the tradition and spirit of the event, and still conduct it in …

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Santa Plans Saturday Appearances

Santa will be making his final visits to the Copper Country Saturday. He will visit the Baraga Fire Hall for a drive-through Christmas party between 11:00 and 1:00. Kids are invited to wave at Santa, drop off letters to him, and register to win gifts. The L’Anse Christmas drive-through event …

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Mont Ripley to Open Saturday

Despite the lack of natural snow, Mont Ripley will open Saturday. General Manager Nick Sirdenis says they’ve been able to make enough snow to begin operations. He also says they’ve implemented new COVID19-related safety measures. That includes reducing face-to-face transactions for equipment rentals and lift tickets by upgrading the website, …

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MTU Salutes Winter Graduates

There will be no formal commencement ceremony this weekend, but Michigan Tech is still saluting almost 700 students who completed their degrees at the end of the fall semester. More than 350 undergraduate diplomas will be awarded. Nearly 330 graduate degrees will be conferred, including 53 doctorates. One part of …

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Regional COVID Diagnosis Rate Slows

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the western Upper Peninsula has passed 3,000, but the rate of increase seems to be slowing. The most recent report from the Western U.P. Health Department includes 59 more confirmed positives since the previous update was issued Monday night. 35 of those were …

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Aspirus Keweenaw Begins Staff COVID Vaccinations

Aspirus Keweenaw has begun vaccinating employees against COVID-19. Hospital officials say the first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine arrived yesterday, and inoculations began immediately. The Laurium hospital was the first in the Aspirus system to receive the vaccine. Not enough doses were included in the initial shipment to vaccinate all …

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