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THURSDAY, 9:30 AM – SEE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM UPPCO HERE. Power companies continue to struggle to restore electricity to some of the thousands who lost service during Wednesday’s winter storm. As of 5:00 Thursday morning, the Upper Peninsula Power Company had provided no recent updates about how many customers were …

NHL The Detroit Red Wings’ struggles continued with a 6-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night. Jimmy Howard gave up three goals in the first 10 minutes, then left the game with a mid-body injury. Jonathan Bernier allowed the other three goals, as the Leafs outshot the Wings 54-25. …

Hancock will kick of the holiday season Friday evening with the annual Christmas walk. Activities begin at 5:00. At 6:00, Santa will board a fire truck at the Scott Building, and ride it to City Hall. He’ll light the Christmas tree, and then share gifts and candy with children. Kids …

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly will again provide free turkey dinners to seniors who would otherwise be alone on the holiday. Little Brothers’ Cathy Aten says it won’t be long before the smell of 70 turkeys will be filling the kitchen at Wadsworth Hall at …

NOTE: This story was posted at 7:20 a.m. on November 27th. It contains timely information which may be out of date if read later. Mother Nature has thrown a monkey wrench into a lot of Thanksgiving travel plans with an ill-timed storm. Most areas could see a foot or more …

The pre-Thanksgiving snowfall will not stop tomorrow’s Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk. Angela Luskin from UP Health System-Portage says it will force them off the regular trail, and onto a back-up route… There’s a silver lining in that, for those who might not want to do the full distance… The Turkey …

The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help to solve some recent thefts in the Calumet area. On November 2nd, a red 1970’s-era Suzuki moped was taken from a yard on Allouez Street in Florida Location. It has a square headlight, chrome handlebars, and black duck tape on …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has authorized $139,372.65 in distributions to local units of government in Baraga County. The money represents two percent of the slot machine revenues at the Baraga Casino over the past six months. The Baraga Area School District gets the largest grant, at a little over …

The City of Hancock has opened the application process for vacancies on the city Planning Commission and the Downtown Development Authority. The DDA term runs through January of 2021, and opened when Pete Wickley retired after 39 years. The Planning Commission term expires February 15th, 2021, and opened when Tony …

High School In high school hockey last night… – Houghton edged Marquette 3-2. Carson Stevens had two early goals, and Tucker Tapani netted the game-winner. Jimmy Pietila made 33 saves. – Goals by Kyler Hillstrom, Jackson Rocchi and Nathan Wakeham gave Jeffers an early 3-0 lead, but the Jets then …