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One year later Isiah Strieter has been sentenced for his mother’s murder. Judge Charles Goodman presided over the courtroom in Houghton County 12th Circuit Court this morning. Strieter has been sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for the murder of, Ashley Harvey, in January 2022. He is convicted …

Non-union employees of the City of Hancock will receive a four percent raise this year.  The increase was approved at last night’s city council meeting, and follows the city’s usual practice of keeping non-union pay increases in line with increases granted to union workers. The city will continue to make …

The first major sled dog race of the winter in the Upper Peninsula has been canceled.  Organizers of this weekend’s Tahquamenon Country race said recent warm temperatures have packed the generous snowfall received around Christmas into a glaze of ice, making trail conditions unsafe. Rescheduling the race was not feasible. …

A brand new month means a new Superior Educator. And the first local teacher recognized for the new year is Shari Tapani from Houghton Elementary School. Tapani was nominated by a student’s parent, who says that she is a one of a kind individual, and always puts her elementary kids …

The new year has been personified by an image of a baby for hundreds of years, dating back to ancient Greece. And the New Year is a wonderful time to celebrate new arrivals. With residents already having truned the page for the 2023 calendar, the Copper Country had to wait …

Should the Hancock City Council continue to meet twice each month? Council members will discuss returning to a once-per-month meeting schedule at their first meeting of 2023 this evening. Council rules require only one meeting per month – on the third Wednesday. The frequency was increased several years ago, as …

Upper Peninsula Power Company has announced its schedule for drawing down the water levels behind its dams. UPPCO is required by the federal government to reduce the water levels of its hydroelectric reservoirs during the winter, to make room for snow melt this spring. The Silver Lake, Hoist, Victoria Dam, …

The man police say was drunk while driving the vehicle that killed a Newberry woman in a traffic crash last month has now been charged. Nineteen-year-old Eric Wayne Edwards was arraigned Thursday in 92nd District  Court in Newberry on the charge of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Death. He was released …

Bay de Noc Community College has begun the search for its next president. Current President Dr. Laura Coleman will retire June 30th. She has filled the position since 2006, and is the longest-serving president in the school’s 60-year history. The college’s posting says the next President of Bay College must …

Motorsports Rally legend Ken Block has died at the age of 55. Block was involved in a snowmobile accident near his home in Mill Hollow, Utah yesterday. The Wasatch County sheriff’s department reported that Block had been riding his snowmobile up a hill when he lost control, and the machine …