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Ten cents at a time will get the Houghton High School hockey team downstate for tournaments next season. After the Fourth of July celebrations have wrapped up, the Houghton High School hockey team will collect empty bottles and cans for a fundraiser. The funds raised through can and bottle donations …

 The Fourth of July traditions around the Copper Country honor veterans and their service while celebrating America. Throughout the region, active residents will get up early for flag-raising ceremonies. Before heading to several downtown areas for Fourth of July parades and activities. This summer’s Fourth of July will include activities …

In the past two years has worked to help Michigan homeowners make necessary upgrades. Around the state, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority has used several regional planners and organizations to find homes in need of repairs and contractors in the region able to work. WUPPDR regional Planner Lisa McKenzie …

The Upper Peninsula’s reputation as a home for several immigrant groups, and isolation from the rest of the Midwest has led to the region developing a unique dialect over the years. Next Tuesday the Keweenaw County Historical Society will explore how upper peninsula residents talk during one of the group’s …

The Superior Watershed Partnership and Great Lakes Climate Corps open wildfire risk reduction efforts to communities throughout the Upper Peninsula. Recently the Superior Watershed partnership and the Great Lakes Climate Corps announced that local units of government, tribes, and qualifying private land owners will become eligible for free wildfire risk …

The Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and Barga County Memorial Hospital partnership add another layer to the Avel eCare wellness program. Recently the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and the Baraga County Memorial Hospital announced that the clients using the Avel eCare mental health software for first responders will have …

After many years of work, Capul Recreation Park and the Baraga Village shoreline trail are open. Yesterday afternoon Baraga Village leaders and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources held a ribbon cutting to open the shoreline trail and campus recreation area near the Baraga Township Marina. Baraga Township President Wendell …

Over one hundred years ago the Calumet Theatre had another proud piece of beauty to admire. Aside from its intricately designed pillars, and molding, the two-story Renaissance revival building had a chandelier hanging inside. It was lost to a fire in 1918 and has since been lost to time as …

Michigan State Police responded to a fatal car crash in Marquette Township. At approximately 4:45 am this morning the Michigan State Police Nagaunee outpost responded to a single-vehicle accident at County Road 550 near Middle Island Road. Troopers were advised the vehicle was carrying three passengers, and one had been …

Hancock Police Chief Tami Sleeman says the individual and truck have been located. Hancock Police are in search of a vehicle that drove through Porvoo Park over the weekend. On Friday night at approximately 10:40 pm, a white pickup truck was seen on CCTV footage driving through Porvoo Park, driving …