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Gasoline prices fell slightly over the past week. AAA Michigan’s survey placed the average price of a gallon of unleaded regular at $2.60 in the Marquette region. That’s three cents less than a week ago, two cents less than a month ago, and 44 cents less than a year ago. …

A 45-year-old Bruce Crossing man was injured last evening in an ATV rollover. The Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department tells us the man was driving the ATV along M-28 north of Nurkkala Road when sleet impaired his vision. The ATV went up an embankment, and overturned. The driver sought his own …

A 68-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after having been shot by a Michigan State Police trooper. State Police officers and Marquette County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a house on Crusader Street in Gwinn just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon to check the well-being of the man. Troopers say …

Michigan Tech is devoting this week to a celebration of the university’s new College of Computing. President Dr. Richard Koubek says it’s the first such college in the state… The College of Computing will be followed quickly by Tech’s new varsity e-sports program… Today at 11:00, researchers from the Michigan …

Efforts continue in Lansing to restore some of the funding that was cut from the 2019-2020 budget by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean is following two line items… Permanent loss of secondary road patrol funding could lead to layoffs in departments that are already thinly staffed… The …

A Wisconsin man was killed in a single-car crash in Iron County, Michigan, yesterday. State Police troopers say a pickup truck driven by 64-year-old Verne St. Pierre of Phelps veered off Forest Highway 16 near the Smokey Lake Road intersection in Stambaugh Township, and hit several trees. As he was …

Michigan Tech has scheduled Indigenous People’s Day activities over the next several days. Today, the Woodland Singers will perform at noon at the Husky Statue, and there will be a discussion about “American Indian Identity in Contemporary Media” at 6:00 in Fisher 138. Kalvin Hartwig from the Sault Ste. Marie …

GLIAC The Michigan Tech soccer team dropped its fourth straight game yesterday, falling 3-2 to Northern Michigan University. Gabby Sgambati and Maisy Snyder scored for the Huskies. NMU’s Isabelle Brusilow scored the game-winner in the 87th minute. NHL The Detroit Red Wings skate at Vancouver tomorrow night. Pregame coverage will …

Finlandia The Finlandia University volleyball team closed out the Marty Peterson Invitational at Wisconsin-Oshkosh Saturday with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-6) loss to Saint Norbert, and a 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-14) defeat at the hands of the host team. The Finlandia football team lost 44-0 at Kalamazoo College yesterday afternoon. The …

High School Scott Loukus tries to reach the end zone in Calumet’s victory over Houghton. In high school football last night…– Calumet clinched a playoff berth by crushing Houghton 51-14. Dryden Nelson scored four touchdowns for the Copper Kings.– Hancock lost at Iron Mountain 42-6. The Bulldogs’ only touchdown play …