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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 …

U-S Representative Dan Benishek’s Subcommittee on Veterans’ Health held a hearing yesterday on delayed payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs to private providers serving veterans across the country. Benishek says the delayed payments have caused providers to be wary of accepting veterans as patients, thereby limiting the number of …

The Catholic Diocese of Marquette has again found to be in compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The Charter was adopted by the U.S. Catholic bishops in 2002 to address the problem of child and youth sexual abuse by clergy. Bishop John Doerfler encourages …

The sexual assault trial of a former Calumet hockey player has resumed in Windsor. Ben Johnson is accused of molesting a woman in the restroom of a Windsor bar in January of 2013. The Windsor Star reports that Johnson’s alleged victim took the stand earlier this week. Yesterday, the alleged …

State Representative Scott Dianda has won a preliminary round in his battle to force the Michigan Department of Transportation to spend more of its money on roads. Dianda’s amendment to House Bill 4613 would cap administrative costs for MDOT at seven percent of its total budget. The cap currently stands …

State Representative Scott Dianda has introduced legislation calling on the Michigan Public Service Commission to create an Upper Peninsula-wide energy plan. Dianda says the region dodged a bullet with the compromise reached to keep the Presque Isle power plant in business until 2020, and that the reprieve should be used …

SEMCO natural gas customers will see their bills go up soon. The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a settlement agreement that authorizes the company to continue its natural gas main replacement program. The agreement requires SEMCO to to spend 10-million dollars per year on gas main replacement through the …

The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ decision to classify the Russian boar as an invasive species. Russian boar are not native to Michigan. Most of those now in the state have been brought in by specialty hog farmers, or game ranches. Some have …