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Soon enough all vehicles made by the big three in Detroit will be electric. And with increased numbers of EV’s on the road, towns will need to start preparing for an electric future. The Copper Country already has one electric vehicle charging station. And soon the area will have a …

One of the main features to Copper Island Academy is their brain breaks, students take throughout the school day. Principal Steve Aho says that the school has seen immense improvement in their students’ attentiveness in class. And part of that is thanks to student’s ability to take a break from …

WUPPDR spoke last night at the Keweenaw County Commission meeting. Lisa McKenzie proposed the same grant program that she had on Tuesday with Houghton County. The Materials Management County Engagement grant will award an individual county $10,000, if all six, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon, apply for the …

Hancock’s Downtown Development Authority is working with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and a foundation tied to a world-famous artistic organization to improve the Celtic House on Hancock Street. The DDA officially endorsed a grant opportunity for the property. The historic structure is set to be revitalized in a mixed-use …

It will be a gradual process but Hancock Council intends to slowly roll out online broadcasts of its meetings over the coming months. The subject was brought up at Wednesday’s meeting by Mayor Paul LaBine in response to correspondence from Richard Tuisku, known to many in the area as Dick …

On Wednesday afternoon, around 1:45, a Kansas man suffered significant injuries when he crashed his snowmobile on Trail 3, just south of Lac La Belle Road. The man was headed north when his sled crashed into another snowmobile, operated by a woman coming from the opposite direction. The man was …

Isaiah Strieter’s counsel has requested the 18-year-old defendant be evaluated by a psychiatrist to determine if he should be held responsible for the murder of his mother. Strieter is charged with open homicide after allegedly killing 38-year-old Ashlee Harvey at their Coburntown neighborhood home on January 24th with a firearm. …

In the coming weeks the Houghton County Commissioners will meet with their department heads to talk about possible ways to spend funds the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan Act. That meeting will be on March 8th. A public hearing will follow, though that date has not been …

Rob Tarvis was elevated from the Calumet Village Council’s number two position to president at Tuesday’s meeting following Brian Abramson’s departure last week. He has been working closely with manager Amber Goodman on the budget, which was the primary focus of last night’s session. Goodman says Ordinance 157 was also …

22-year-old Dominic Zavaglia has been arrested on charges of Aggravated Child Sexually Abusive Material and Using a Computer to Commit a Crime. During a search of his Hancock residence, city police and Michigan State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit were able to retrieve over a thousand photos and videos containing suspected …