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Gasoline prices continue to ease.  AAA Michigan’s ongoing survey pegged the average price of a gallon of unleaded regular yesterday at $3.52. That’s 15 cents lower than a week ago, 42 cents lower than a month ago, but still 33 cents higher than a year ago. Prices on the Keweenaw …

Santa will visit Houghton tomorrow afternoon.  The first installment of the city’s Winter Wonderland will see the Jolly Old Elf arrive at the waterfront pier at 4:00, where he’ll meet with kids.  The city’s Christmas tree will be lit around 4:00, as well.  Festivities will continue until 7:00, with hot …

Charles Dickens classic tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge, ghosts, and the spirit of Christmas will take stage tonight at the Rozsa theater on Michigan tech’s campus. The opening performance tonight, and this weekend’s shows are directed by Trish Helsel, and performed by the Michigan Tech Theater. Helsel believes that Christmas carol …

The next Upper Peninsula rural health town hall will broadcast live tonight. This month the program is expected to talk about a popular topic that affects a large amount of people…mental health. One of the program’s leaders, Steven Elmer from the Michigan Tech University Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology, …

Houghton’s city council paid a few bills last night during their regular council meeting. Phase three for water and sewer projects were paid to MDOT and UP Engineers and Architects. The other large bill finishes out the pier project. Construction on the pier had come in a little higher than …

Employment levels fell slightly across the Upper Peninsula in October. Data released yesterday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed 127,500 U.P. residents on the job. That’s 2,400 fewer than in September, but 1,500 better than October of 2021. Despite the drop, the regional unemployment rate held …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department is opening a 30-day public comment period on the updated U.P. Environmental Health Code.  The Environmental Health code primarily oversees the permitting and construction of on-site sewage systems and water wells in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. Health Department officials say they’ve …

Christmas is three-and-a-half weeks away, and efforts continue to make sure that all of the children in the Copper Country find something under the tree. The deadline for registering kids for the Copper Country Angel Mission Angel Tree program is this Saturday. Children can be signed up at their store …

The Copper Country Community Arts Center is soliciting work from local artists for this year’s Art from the Kalevala exhibit. The Kalevala is a 19th century work of poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic poem of …

New Hancock police chief Tami Sleeman met many residents and leaders in the community last night during a meet and greet at the Hancock Fire Hall. Sleeman returns to her home town, after gaining 32 years of experience in law enforcement in the Upper Peninsula, Boulder, Colorado, and with the …