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One man is dead after an ORV crash in Marquette County over the weekend. The accident happened shortly before midnight on Saturday on County Road 496 near County Road SN in Wells Township. Troopers from the Negaunee State Police Post say an 80-year-old man crashed his ORV while heading westbound …

A Stanton Township man is facing charges after he allegedly pointed a stolen rifle at a deputy. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office says they received a report of someone peeking into a window at a camp in Stanton Township Sunday evening around 8:40pm. The suspect left the scene in a …

High School In high school baseball today… – Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Ironwood in the opening game of their Division Four district tournament. – Calumet plays a regular-season game at L’Anse. In high school softball this afternoon… – Hancock plays at Lake Linden-Hubbell in the opening game of their Division …

MLB The Detroit Tigers lost 4-3 to the New York Mets yesterday. Spencer Turnbull set down the first nine batters he faced, but stumbled in the fourth inning when the Mets scored all their runs. He recovered and pitched through the seventh. Nicholas Castellanos homered. The Tigers visit the Baltimore …

MLB Tomas Nido’s lead-off home run off Buck Farmer in the bottom of the 13th inning lifted the New York Mets to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers yesterday. Detroit had force extra innings when JaCoby Jones singled home Josh Harrison in the eighth inning. Detroit loaded the bases …

High School The first ever Copper Mountain Golf Championships were held recently at the Lac Vieux Desert Golf Course in Watersmeet. Ontonagon won both the boys and girls team titles. On the boys side, Jeffers finished second, with Watersmeet third, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City fourth, and Chassell fifth. Eddy Polakowski medaled …

Reforming the auto insurance is much closer to becoming a reality after a deal was struck between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Republicans in the state legislature. Details have not been announced but a vote is expected Friday and Whitmer says she will sign it into law. Republicans have pushed to …

The following press release was issued by Michigan Tech’s news writer, Mark Wilcox: Michigan Technological University’s Summer Youth Program (SYP) is gearing up for another exciting season of learning, adventure and fun. More than a summer camp, over 1,000 students from throughout the world will come to the Houghton, Michigan …

Lela and Mike Lutz, Rotary representative Chassell’s Lela Rautiola is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the Houghton Rotary Club. The Houghton Rotary plans to award one scholarship each year to a CTE student who plans to pursue further education in a CTE field. The recipients of the 2019 …

A settlement on a request to increase electric rates by the Upper Peninsula Power Company means most electric utility customers will see their power bills drop slightly while a few will see a slight increase. The agreement was approved Thursday by the Michigan Public Service Commission after there was no …