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An Ontonagon man is in jail on multiple charges including attempted murder. The Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Timothy Wayne Pietila was arrested Wednesday morning around 1:45 a.m. He is charged with attempted murder, first degree criminal sexual conduct, assault by strangulation, and felony firearm. Pietila is being held …

The snow statues of Michigan Tech’s Winter Carnival draw people from all 50 states…so it’s perfect that this year’s theme celebrated each and every one of them. The theme for this year is “As snow accumulates at alarming rates, we show our love for the fifty states.” There were 21 …

Most people don’t think of coffee beans when they think of the Copper Country. But for nearly three years…Keweenaw Coffee Works on 5th Street in Calumet has been roasting their own successful line of coffees. U.P. native Valerie Baciak co-owns the store along with her husband, Nate Shuttleworth. Baciak said, …

Here are the results of this year’s snow statue contest.  Judging is done differently this year. Categories are not broken up into Fraternities, Sororities, Student Orgs, etc.   They are instead divided into Classes depending on how many Winter Carnival Events they are participating in.  The rules are below. Month …

Winter Carnival is underway at Michigan Tech. As usual, festivities kicked off with the Carnival All-Nighter. This year’s theme is “As snow accumulates at alarming rates, we show our love for the fifty states.” Snow statues are the main event at the campus party. These teams work on their snow …

Michigan Tech isn’t the only place in the Copper Country that is making a festival out of winter. The Baraga County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Winter Happening with events throughout the weekend. The celebration begins Friday at 4:00pm at the Whirl-I-Gig with a family dance followed by a dinner …

Mother Nature had an impact on the scheduled first session for the Finnish American Heritage Center’s community enrichment classes, so there’s still an opportunity to sign up and take part. All classes are $50 per student, per class. Advanced registration is encouraged, but not required. This year’s lineup includes three …

ONTONAGON – The Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Board of Directors and Aspirus Inc. approved construction of an 8,210 sq. ft. expansion and renovation project of the hospital’s emergency department. Engineering and design plans are in the process of being finalized. Project completion is set for March of 2017. The project includes …

HANCOCK, Mich. – UP Health System will begin site preparation activity at its planned new UP Health System Calumet clinic in late February. Initial activity will focus on demolishing a portion of the current structure at the site where the new clinic will be constructed. Construction of the new clinic …

A U.S. Congressional committee took testimony Wednesday on the Flint water crisis. Among those not there to testify was Governor Rick Snyder. Gerald Edward ‘Gerry’ Connolly, Democratic congressman from Virginia, says the committee should demand the governor testify. New Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Keith Creagh was among those …