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MLB The Detroit Tigers lost to the Cleveland Indians 10-5 last night. Starter Ivan Nova gave up two runs in the second inning, then left as Cleveland scored six times in the fourth. Niko Goodrum and Cameron Maybin homered for Detroit. Maybin’s homer came in his first game back from …

This week on Copper Country Today, Todd VanDyke talks with Marlin Lee about the pandemic’s effect on the Calumet Theatre, and shows that are still planned. Aspirus ophthalmologist Dustin Wasylik discusses kids eye health, as they head back to school. And, our series on Addiction in the Copper Country continues. …

There will be no high school football this fall in Michigan. The Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced plans to move football to spring, in hopes the COVID-19 pandemic will be under control enough by then to allow it. “At the end of the day, we did everything we …

Lake Superior may not yet have hit its high point for the summer. The latest projection from the Army Corps of Engineers anticipates Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario have peaked for the season, and have begun their typical seasonal declines. Lake Superior, however, is not expected to turn the …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking for input on how state forest roads should be used. The DNR updates its online maps each spring, and conducts an ongoing process to designate which roads are open or closed to public use for both off-road and conventional vehicles. Decisions are …

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has handed out $1.7 million in grants to build charging stations for electric vehicles. None of the grants came to the Copper Country, and only one to the Upper Peninsula, for the City of Norway. Applicants can receive up to $70,000 …

What was expected to be an unopposed re-election bid for Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean in November has turned into a three-man race. McLean defeated challenger Steve Laux in the recent Republican primary. A write-in candidate in the Democratic primary, Ann Newcombe, will not be on the November ballot. She …

Sign-up is underway for the community scavenger hunt that will take the place of this year’s Parade of Nations and Multicultural Festival. Organizers are looking for “Hide Teams.” Hide Teams will create clues to a particular country or cultural heritage and hiding places for those clues. The clues can be …

The increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the western Upper Peninsula continues, with the focus still on Wisconsin border communities. Since Monday, Gogebic County has added seven new cases, to bring its total to 122. Three more confirmed cases in Ontonagon County have increased its total to 17. Houghton County …

The Laurium Fire Department is getting more than a half-million dollars from the federal government. The $525,142 will be used to purchase equipment, and provide training. It comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants program.