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As we celebrate Veterans Day, Houghton County continues to help local veterans through the Veterans Affairs Office at the airport. Veterans Service Officer Joe Battisfore says a local millage means their basic services aren’t threatened by the ongoing Michigan budget crisis. There is, however, concern about continuing local access to …

Heading into the heart of the flu season, there have been shortages of the flu vaccine in our area. Kate Beer from the Western U.P. Health Department says the situation is being resolved… Beer says manufacturers have told her that future shipments will be delivered on time. They have received …

Today is Veterans Day, saluting those who have spent time in service to our country. Veterans Day is an official federal and state holiday, so many government offices will be closed. Some financial services may not be available, and there will be no mail delivery. Some local schools have scheduled …

Finlandia Both Finlandia basketball teams suffered losses at Wisconsin-Platteville yesterday. The men’s squad fell 112-49, and the women lost 78-44. GLIAC The MTU women’s basketball team close the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover with a 75-71 loss to William Jewell College yesterday afternoon. Baillie McGirk had 15 points. Northern Michigan University’s women’s team lost …

High School Calumet claimed a Division Six district football crown yesterday, with a decisive 39-14 victory over Menominee. The Copper Kings scored on a long opening drive when Jayden Gariepy plunged in from two yards out. The Maroons couldn’t handle the subsequent kickoff. Calumet recovered the ball, and Gariepy scored …

Two Zeba residents were arrested on drug charges Thursday along US-41, south of L’Anse. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team say they had been investigating the pair for four months. On Thursday, the suspects were driving on US-41 south of L’Anse, when their vehicle slid off the icy …

A 51-year-old Escanaba man was badly injured in a two-vehicle crash in Delta County Friday morning. State Police troopers say a pickup truck that was southbound on M-69 near 14th Road in Ford River Township crossed the center line, and crashed head-on into a northbound sedan. The driver of the …

High School In the high school volleyball tournament last night, Jeffers defeated Chassell 3-1 to earn the Division Four District 98 title. Wakefield-Marenisco claimed the District 97 crown with a 3-0 victory over Ewen-Trout Creek. The Jets and Cardinals will meet in the regional semifinal Tuesday at 7:30 at Ishpeming. …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has left in place an experimental program that allows fishermen to take up to 10 brook trout per day on selected Upper Peninsula rivers. The expanded limit on the specified Type One trout streams originally expired when the 2019 summer season ended on September …

Highland Copper’s latest report on potential operations at White Pine projects that the mine could produce more than a million tons of copper, and 31-million ounces of silver. The company recently released its Preliminary Economic Assessment. It projects start-up costs at around a half-billion dollars, and closure costs of around …