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The Keweenaw County Road Commission could be a little closer to replacing its aging maintenance barn. A bill sponsored by State Representative Greg Markkanen has passed the state House and Senate, and has been sent to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for consideration. The century-old building in Mohawk failed a safety inspection …

This year’s firearm deer hunting season appears to have produced fewer successes in the Upper Peninsula. Wildlife biologists with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported yesterday that preliminary results from their check-in stations showed the harvest at about five percent less than last year, and five percent under the …

Two Wisconsin men have been charged in connection with a 2017 heroin overdose death in Iron River. 29-year-old Davin Veir Washington and 36-year-old Kenneth M. Greer were recently arraigned in District Court in Iron County. Both are charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance Causing Death, which could bring a …

A 24-year-old Mohawk man was not hurt in a car crash in Marquette late Monday afternoon that sent one woman to the hospital. Marquette County Sheriff’s deputies say a Ford Escape driven by a 21-year-old Illinois woman pulled out of the Target parking lot onto County Road HQ, and into …

Cleveland-Cliffs is taking over a troubled Ohio steel producer. The stock swap for AK Steel is worth a little more than a billion dollars. That’s less than half of what AK Steel stock was valued at three years ago. The company has been hurt by depressed steel prices, which have …

A number of local non-profits will be celebrating Giving Tuesday today. Giving Tuesday is designed to offset the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and redirect our focus toward the more Christmas-oriented concepts of giving and helping others. Finlandia University will again be raising funds to help pay for …

Wolves recently relocated to the Isle Royale National Park seem to be finding enough to eat. Scientists who have been observing the wolves released an update yesterday. More than half of the prey eaten by the wolves have been moose. One of the reasons for rebuilding the wolf pack on …

High School In high school hockey tonight… – Houghton skates at Hancock. – Jeffers visits Kingsford. Our broadcast will begin at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. On the opening night of the girls basketball season… – Calumet hosts Ewen-Trout Creek. – Hancock welcomes West Iron County. – Lake Linden-Hubbell …

The snow that fell last week caused problems for many, but it also brought smiles to the faces of those who love winter sports, and those who earn their livelihoods from them. The state snowmobile trail grooming window opened Sunday. Brad Barnett of the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau says …

This weekend’s Small Business Saturday promotion has been deemed a hit. Tara Arens from the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce said they gave out lots of coupon books, coffee and doughnuts at their office… Retail members of the Chamber were also pleased… Arens reminds shoppers that many of the coupons …