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The Baraga County Board of Commissioners is expected to fill a vacant seat on the Baraga County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors at its regular meeting this afternoon. Ray Gazley, Kerri Kissel-Sikkila and Courtney Jones applied. The BCMH Board of Directors has recommended that Jones be appointed. The appointee will …

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in their investigation of a fatal car crash on Tuesday, July 2nd.  Killed in the single-car crash was 81-year-old James Christner, of Houghton. Christner was the passenger in an SUV that rolled over after the driver lost control along US-41 near #4 Road …

The man who drowned Friday night in the Sturgeon River south of L’Anse has been identified as 24-year-old Kevin Lobo. A spokesperson from Michigan Technological University says Lobo was a graduate student in computer science.  State Police troopers were called to the Canyon Falls Park in L’Anse Township Friday around …

The local CBS television affiliate has been pulled off DirecTV because of a contract dispute. WJMN is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting. Nexstar owns 171 stations across the nation – all of which have disappeared from DirecTV and other platforms operated by DirecTV’s owner, AT&T. On a website it set up …

A third arrest has been made in connection with a drug bust in Mohawk earlier this week. On Tuesday, two people were arrested. A spokesman for the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team said the raid on the Cliff Street residence netted more than $6,900 in cash, along with a quarter …

Good weather encouraged a good turnout at Independence Day parades and celebrations across the Copper Country for most of yesterday, although a line of showers and storms dampened some evening activities. Parades in Lake Linden, Hubbell, Dollar Bay, South Range and Baraga were well attended. At the Baraga County Lumberjack …

One of the two suspects arrested on drug charges Saturday in Houghton is wanted for homicide in Milwaukee. The 22-year-old Milwaukee man gave local police a false name when he and a companion were picked up by detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team on charges of distributing crystal …

TOKYO—Two Japanese teams are traveling 6,000 miles to compete in the 62nd Annual Coca-Cola International Frisbee Tournament at Hancock’s Driving Park this weekend. Samurai Spirit, who finished third in 2017 at the IFT, and the Grabbers, who have recruited a couple of American players to fill out their roster. “We …

Tickets for the 2019-2020 Michigan Tech Athletics season are on sale. Early bird pricing is available through Sunday, July 28th for football, volleyball, basketball, and hockey tickets. MTU Director of Athletic Partnerships and Ticket Sales Gary Kruzich says this is the first time the university has offered early bird discounts …

The strawberries are back as the Copper Country Strawberry Festival takes place this month in Chassell. Judy Evert from the Chassell Lions Club says the local strawberries are quite different than the ones bought from a grocery store.  “When you slice one open, it’s red all the way through and …