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John Saatio is back in the United States.  Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean says that Saatio is currently being held at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas. According to court records, Saatio was booked at the jail on Saturday. Officials are currently making plans to bring Saatio back to Houghton. …

Two women arrested for attempting to pass drugs to an inmate in the Houghton County Jail were sentenced at the Courthouse yesterday afternoon.  Both pled guilty last month to Attempted Delivery of a Controlled Substance, punishable by up to three and one-half years in prison. Jamie Pauline Ekdahl, 29, of …

A lot of people are anxious for the upcoming long holiday weekend. Triple-A predicts that one point four million Michiganders will be traveling during the July Fourth weekend. That’s up slightly from last year–and the highest total in more than a decade. About 85 percent of travelers will do so …

If you are planning to vote in this year’s August Primary, deadlines are fast approaching.  If you are not registered to vote, you have just over a week, next Tuesday, July 5th, to go to the Secretary of State office of to your county clerk. Those wising an absentee ballot …

After escaping from authorities on two separate occasions, U.S. fugitive John Wesley Saatio won’t have a third chance to run free in Costa Rica. According to the Tico Times, Costa Rican Security Minister Gustavo Mata announced that Saatio was to be extradited Saturday when authorities put him on a commercial flight out …

A ferocious thunderstorm forced an early end to Pasty Fest in Calumet on Saturday. The parade had just finished, and the street fair was just getting started on Fifth Street when the storm suddenly moved in off Lake Superior a few minutes after noon. Winds gusting past 40 miles per …

Studies show that careers in natural resources are among the least diverse. To help change that, and to improve diversity on their own campus, Michigan Tech is hosting 22 high school students from the Detroit area. The program, called Ride The Waves, introduced the students to a whole new slate …

Roller Coasters, automobiles, aqueducts–they are all products of ambitious engineering and these high school girls are learning about it hands-on. Roughly 140 young women are taking part in the weeklong Summer Youth Program from Michigan Tech called Women In Engineering. Program Residence Counselor, and 3rd year Michigan Tech Civil Engineering …

Many people in the Copper Country already know what they’re having for lunch on Saturday—a delicious pasty! That’s because the annual Pastyfest celebration will be taking place in Calumet starting at 11:00am. The parade will line up on Mine Street facing 6th Street Extension this year and head north down …

The Pine Mountain Music Festival kicks off its final weekend with a performance by one of the nation’s premiere folk artists. Singer-Songwriter Patty Larkin makes her appearance at the Rozsa Center for Performing Arts tonight at 7:30pm. Festival Artistic Director Joel Neves says she will give a great show. The …