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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 …

Heading into the weekend, gasoline prices are slightly higher in our region than they were a week ago. AAA Michigan’s survey shows Marquette at $2.29 per gallon of unleaded regular. That’s three cents above last week, and five cents higher than a week ago. It’s 28 cents lower than a …

High School In high school volleyball last night…• Houghton blanked Hancock 3-0 in the Copper Spike match.• Jeffers defeated Lake Linden Hubbell 3-2. Savannah Asiala and Makenna Harris led the Jets with five aces each. Makenna Harris had nine kills.• The L’Anse match against West Iron County was canceled.• Ewen-Trout …

After a bit of a respite, COVID-19 numbers in the western Upper Peninsula have begun to edge back upward. Last night’s report from the Western U.P. Health Department includes 67 confirmed positives across the five-county area since the last figures were released Monday evening, plus an additional 30 probable cases. …