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Local veterans can get free flu shots tomorrow. The drive-up flu shot session will be open between 8:30 and 2:00 at the Hancock VA Clinic. No appointment is necessary.  Veterans may also request a flu shot at their regularly scheduled VA appointments. And, this year, they can get flu shots …

High School The high school football playoff pairings have been announced… • In Division Five, Hancock will make a long trip downstate to Gladwin. • In Division Six, Houghton will make a much shorter trip to Calumet. • In Division Seven, L’Anse will play at Traverse City St. Francis. • …

Michigan set a new, single-day record for COVID-19 diagnoses Saturday, with more than 3,300 reported. That dwarfs the numbers we saw last spring, in which the seven-day rolling average peaked at half that. The Saturday surge pushed the current seven-day rolling average to 1,876 diagnoses per day. In a statement …

School districts in Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties will suspend all face-to-face instruction and other activities, beginning today. The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department recommended the move, as the two counties have seen increased COVID-19 numbers. Online instruction will continue. Officials hope to resume in-person instruction November 9th. Gogebic Community College’s …

Aspirus says it’s handling the COVID-19 load at its facilities in the Western U.P. and northern Wisconsin – for now. In Wausau on Friday, Aspirus President and CEO Matt Heywood said their testing results showed a marked increase in cases several weeks ago, and levels have remained high ever since. …

Officials believe a drunk driver was responsible for a traffic crash in Marquette County that killed one man, and severely injured a child. The crash occurred on M-553, just south of Marquette Mountain, around 5:30 Friday afternoon. The preliminary investigation by the Michigan State Police indicates a southbound vehicle driven …

High School Calumet High School has won the WestPAC volleyball title. At Saturday’s tournament finals in Calumet, the undefeated Copper Kings dispatched Gwinn 2-0 (25-10, 25-13), and then defeated Houghton 2-0 (25-20, 25-14). The Gremlins took second place, by defeating the Modeltowners 2-1 (23-25, 25-15, 15-11) in the day’s opening …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Todd VanDyke talks with Houghton County Clerk Jennifer Kelly about her re-election bid, and about early voting procedures. Her opponent, Justin Kasieta, did not respond to our invitation to appear on the program. Todd also talks with the two candidates running for the third …

High School On the final night of the regular high school football season… • The Copper Bowl game between Houghton and Hancock was called off because of COVID-19 protocol. • On a snow-covered Agassiz Field, Marquette shut down Calumet 28-6. Tom Erkkila’s 34-yard run in the second quarter was the …

If you have unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs around the house, Saturday is your chance to get rid of them. National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is a national effort to collect such medications. There are two goals. The first is to keep them out of the environment. Throwing medications …