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Stanton Township Fire is offering Emergency Medical Responder training beginning in May. An EMR  is the lowest level of training for first responders, but is a first step toward helping the community. The hope is to never have to use training in a real scenario, but it is always important …

Residents of East Hancock can drink their tap water again. The Boil Water Alert that had been posted early this week for the area from Dunstan Street east to the city limits was lifted Thursday afternoon. It had been imposed after a repair created conditions under which contaminants might have …

COVID-19 case numbers nearly doubled in our region over the past week, but still remain very low. Forty new cases were confirmed, with 24 of those in Houghton County. Twenty-one cases had been confirmed in the previous week. No COVID-related deaths were registered. Official numbers are probably low, since cases …

Walkers and runners can shake off the winter rust Saturday at the UP Health System-Portage Sisu Shuffle. Organizer Angela Luskin says the 5k event is informal, fun, and inclusive… It is family-friendly, all are welcome, the course will be stroller-friendly, and pets are welcome if they’re on leashes. Participants may …

Update: the victim has been identified as Anthony Paul Shepheard. See his obituary here. A fatal car accident occurred on M-26 yesterday in Calumet. At close to 6pm Michigan State troopers responded to a two vehicle personal injury crash near Henwood Road, on M-26. A 27 year old Calumet man …

After 2 long years the American Society of Civil Engineers will finally dedicate the Portage Lake Lift Bridge as a national historic engineering landmark. The ceremony is schedule for 10 am on June 17th, and will be a perfect way to kick off the long awaited return of Bridgefest. Both …

Retraction: Keweenaw County has chosen to repair the tractor owned by the county. The tractor repair will cost 6,600 dollars. The county is not purchasing a tractor as reported yesterday by Keweenaw Report. The county did discuss the possability of purchasing a tractor, but chose to go with repair when …

Laurium’s part time police officer may get a raise soon. On Wednesday the village decided to table pay raises to next month’s meeting. The goal for the police department would raise wages up to 20 dollars an hour for part time police. This will help the department be more competitive …

Hancock residents will no longer need to purchase special bags for their trash. At last night’s meeting, the city council voted to replace the custom bags with stickers. Stickers will cost a dollar each. City officials say they’ll actually lose money at that rate, but they hope the shortfall will …

Voters in the Copper Country will face very few decisions about local races in the August primary election. In Houghton County, clerk Jennifer Kelly tells us the only competitive contest is for the Republican nomination for county commissioner in District Two. Long-time board chair Al Koskela is retiring. Four candidates …