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Applications are now being accepted for this summer’s Camp STAR. Camp STAR is a three-day experience for children ages eight through 17 who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Upper Peninsula Children’s Bereavement Network Youth Board Secretary Jean Hetrick says kids can’t always turn to other kids they …

A second woman has accused former Calumet hockey player Ben Johnson of sexual impropriety at a Windsor, Ontario nightclub. Johnson is on trial in Windsor for allegedly sexually accosting a woman in a restroom at the Krooked Kilt bar in January of 2013. The second woman testified on Friday. The …

Northern Michigan University faculty members have voted to accept a new labor agreement with the school. The vote yesterday on the five-year deal was 135 “yes,” and 25 “no.” Full-time faculty will receive a pay increase of 1.6% in the first year, while part-time faculty members will receive a 4% …

Officials in the Manistique area are asking for help in locating two teenage girls who have been missing for two days. They are identified as Sydney Horvath (left) and Serenity Hawkins (right). You can see their picture in our story at keweenaw Report.com, and we’ve also posted a link to …

Thanks to a successful spring gala, the Portage Health Foundation has $60,000 to give away. The gala raised $30,000, which has been matched by funds from the Foundation. The money will be split into four $15,000 grants – one each for an organization in Keweenaw, Houghton, Baraga, and Ontonagon Counties. …

The Copper Country Community Band has announced its summer concert schedule. The band will present free concerts at 7:00 each Tuesday night in July at the bandshell at Ray Kestner Waterfront Park. Additional performances will take place on August 3rd at the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s Church, and …

Baraga County residents will have a chance to dispose of electronic and other hazardous materials tomorrow. The KBIC Spring Electronic and Hazardous Waste Collection will take place at the Solid Waste Facility in the Ojibwe Industrial Park between 9:00 and 1:00. Household waste from any Baraga County resident may be …

Copper Country residents can meet some farm animals… and some farmers… at tomorrow’s third annual Farm on the Town event in Houghton. Activities will take place in the parking lot at the Bookworm, at the east entrance to downtown. Arthur Lampinen from the Bookworm says there’ll be a petting zoo, …

The sexual assault trial of a former Calumet hockey player continued yesterday in Windsor. Ben Johnson is charged with accosting a young woman in a bathroom stall at the Krooked Kilt bar in January of 2013. Yesterday, Johnson’s attorney cross-examined the alleged victim’s girlfriend, who testified that the two had …

A Rockland woman facing drug charges has confessed. Rhonda Heikkinen pleaded guilty in Ontonagon County Circuit Court to a single count of delivery of methadone. She was originally charged with two counts of delivery of methadone and hydrocodone in May. The second count was dropped, as part of a plea …