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The final Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup window of the season opens tomorrow. Volunteers from 2,800 businesses, community organizations and families will be canvassing the shoulders 6,100 miles of state highways, picking up trash. Our Houghton Community Broadcasting Stations staff polices a two-mile stretch north and south of the Canyon Falls rest …

The Copper Country will show off its international colors tomorrow. The Parade of Nations will step off at 11:00 at the west edge of downtown Hancock, and travel across the bridge into Houghton. Parade coordinator Cindy Lisne says international students from Michigan Tech, Finlandia University and others in the community …

Some Upper Peninsula residents will join others around the world today in what’s being called a “global climate strike.” Worldwide, more than 3,000 events have been organized in more than 130 nations. In the Copper Country, students and community members will demonstrate at the Houghton-Hancock Bridge from 4:00 until 7:00. …

The Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force will meet in Hancock today. The task force was formed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to assess energy needs in the U.P., and propose solutions.  The meeting will be held at the Jutila Center in Hancock. Sessions will run from 10:00 until 1:00, and 2:30 …

UPDATE: PER THE LAURIUM POLICE DEPARTMENT, WEBER HAS BEEN LOCATED, AND IS OKAY. The Michigan State Police have issued an Endangered Missing Advisory for a missing 14-year-old Laurium girl. Kayann Dee Weber – image supplied by Michigan State Police Kayann Dee Weber was last seen at school in Calumet yesterday. …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District has a new board chair. Dr. Nels Chistopherson has taken over, following the resignation of Robert Tuomi from the board. Gale Eilola has been elected vice-chair. Tuomi stepped down because he’s now working for the CCISD in the construction trades program. His hiring was …

A Houghton woman has been named to Michigan’s new Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force. Zoé Ketola is a student at Michigan Tech. She’ll be one of 33 students advising Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about ways to improve voter engagement among young voters and college students. The task force will …

Four people were arrested yesterday when Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team members raided a home in Iron River. Detectives found prescription pills, evidence of drug distribution, and two firearms. Two face charges of distributing cocaine and other drugs, The other two are being held on probation violations. Nearby West Iron …

Water rates are going up in Hancock. The 15 percent increase was approved unanimously by the city council last night. No one spoke at the public hearing that was held in advance of the decision. City clerk and acting manager Mary Babcock said the water fund finished last year more …

UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE VICTIM. A 69-year-old Florida man was killed in a traffic crash on US-41 in Humboldt Township yesterday. Witnesses told State Police troopers that Douglas Johnathan Paul Butcher lost control on a curve at approximately 12:20, a half- mile west of the M-95intersection. Butcher …