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Just before the deer rifle season kicks off next week, South Range invites big buck hunters to the annual hunter’s ball. The South Range Fourth of July Committee has organized the Big Buck Hunters Ball about one week before the hunting season, at the Range Lounge. The annual event brings …

Students and the Copper Country won’t have to travel very far to see some great independent films. 41 North Film Festival will return this week. The festival for ten years has brought many incredible films to the Rozsa Center, free for campus and the community. Festival director Erin Smith says …

MSP St Ignace has found a deceased individual who was reported mission. On October 31st MSP St Ignace troopers responded to a report of a 59-year-old man from Westland, Michigan, walked away from a residence he’d been staying at in Brevort Township. Troopers were informed the man suffered from dementia. …

Quick action by off-duty volunteer firefighters saved a Halloween event in Ontonagon from becoming disastrous. On Friday at 5:45 pm the Ontonagon Volunteer Fire Department was paged for a vehicle fire at Ontonagon Area High School during the Halloween Carnival. A firefighter that was at the event was able to …

The Summit Lake Fire remains within its existing footprint and has become 42 percent contained. On Thursday the U.S. National Forest Service announced fire fighting crews have contained 42 percent of the wildfire that started October 18th. The blaze has consumed 328 acres of forest, primarily hardwood and conifers. Crews …

Results are in for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Primary Election. On Saturday KBIC tribe members chose four representatives from a selection of 10 candidates. Tony Loonsfoot led the pack with 127 votes, followed by Sue Ellen Elmblad with 112 ballots cast. They will be joined on the KBIC council …

Soon Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s Giving Tuesday portal will start to receive donations from the community and friends of the Keweenaw Peninsula. This year the organization’s campaign that spread money across the Copper Country will support 50 organizations. In the last two years, the day has grown in size …

As a reminder winter parking enforcement has begun in communities around the Copper Country. Within the last 24 hours cities and townships will begin to enforce overnight street parking. Cities such as Houghton request vehicles be removed from the roadway for the hours between 2 am and 7 am. These …

Houghton Portage Township schools asks the district’s residents to fund a bond millage extension. since summer district officials have worked to inform the community about how millage may impact taxpayers. The bond would fund three phases of work, security and technology upgrades at facilities, new flex space in the elementary …

A great way to spend a rainy Halloween night will take place in Chassell. Trick-or-treaters who want to keep their costume pristine or don’t want to travel the neighborhood in the drizzle can attend a Halloween party with the Chassell Lions Club. From 6 to 8 pm, the Lions Club …