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High School The Calumet High School volleyball team can resume practices as early as Monday. The Copper Kings are one of 32 teams that were still alive in the state tournament when most high school athletic competition was halted by COVID-19 rules in November. Yesterday, the Michigan High School Athletic …

Three new members have been nominated for the Michigan Tech Board of Trustees. The nominations from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer include… • Andrea Dickson, a Grosse Pointe Farms attorney, and principle of the start-up telemedicine company Quintree. Dickson is a Tech alum, and has served as the university’s outside general counsel. …

The village of L’Anse is moving ahead toward a couple of potential grants. At last night’s meeting, the council took the next step toward bringing in money from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to help develop the new industrial park. Village Manager Bob LaFave said the grant will extend utilities …

COVID-19 diagnoses continue to fall across the region.  The latest report from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department includes just 38 new confirmed positives since their last update was released a week ago. 20 were in Houghton County, nine in Baraga County, four each in Keweenaw and Gogebic Counties, and …

Finlandia L’Anse basketball standout Maija Rice will play college ball at Finlandia University. Rice averaged 19 points per game as a junior last season for the Purple Hornets, and was named to the All-Copper Mountain Conference Elite team. NBA The Detroit Pistons fell to 0-3 last night, with a 128-120 …

The annual 12 Dogs of Christmas Campaign has begun. Working with Houghton Community Broadcasting, the Copper Country Humane Society is looking for forever homes for a dozen dogs. Humane Society board member Joe Cooper says a national increase in animal adoptions since the COVID-19 pandemic began seems to be reflected …

UPDATE: The crash victim has been identified as Jeffrey Scott Schaller of Imlay City, Michigan. The crash took place on Trail Three north of Elevenmile Lake, southwest of Painesdale. A 61-year-old man died in a snowmobile crash Saturday afternoon in Adams Township. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies say the man apparently …

Even though COVID-19 numbers have been moderating in Michigan, the pandemic did not take the holiday off. State figures report that 254 Michiganders died Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Saturday. 7,341 new cases were confirmed across the state. Since the pandemic began early this year, Michigan has 477,269 cases, with …

A war of words has heated up between President Donald Trump and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The president began firing Twitter bombs early Sunday morning, reacting to Nessel’s threat to seek sanctions against attorneys that she believes used intentional misrepresentations in their attempts to overturn Michigan’s November election result. …

One of President Donald Trump’s latest rounds of pardons included a former Michigan U.S. Representative. Mark Siljander served three full terms and one partial term in the House, representing southwest Michigan. He lost his seat when he was upset by current Congressman Fred Upton in the 1986 Republican primary. The …