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Volunteer berry cleaners are needed for next week’s Strawberry Festival. If you can help, report to the Chassell Centennial Park Pavilion July 7th at 4:00. Bring a paring knife, a bowl and some newspapers if you have them. No experience is necessary – they’ll show you how it’s done.

Maintenance on the Houghton-Hancock Bridge will cause some traffic delays tonight. Weather permitting, the Michigan Department of Transportation will grease the bridge’s cables. Several lifts will be required between 11:00 tonight and 6:00 tomorrow morning. They could last as long as 30 minutes.

Michigan Tech is saying goodbye to a longtime administrator. Jacqueline Huntoon is leaving the university at the end of the week to become director of the Division of Graduate Education at the National Science Foundation. Huntoon joined the Tech staff in 2005 as a professor in the Department of Geological …

Tomorrow morning the Viking cruise ship Octantis will make their first arrival in the Copper Country. Previously weather prevented the 665 foot long vessel from making their initial visit to Houghton a couple weeks ago. The plan will have the ship anchored near Dollar Bay, and ferry passengers three miles …

Tonight’s Houghton Planning Commission will consider their recommendation regarding a new food truck ordinance in the city. The ordinance will set up how food trucks and mobile food vendors operate throughout the city, where they can be located and the process for permitting. The ordinance is fairly standard to other …

The Portage Lake Lift Bridge will have expected closures tonight and into early tomorrow morning. Crews will perform routine maintenance, greasing the lift’s cables. Maintenance is expected to disrupt vehicle and pedestrian traffic in half hour intervals several times, starting at 11 pm Wednesday. Michigan’s Department of Transportation expects crews …

Momentum to clean up the Village of Calumet continues to build. Last night, the village council approved an ad hoc committee to pursue the project. It will include members from the council, downtown development authority, the historic district commission, and Village Manager Amber Goodman. They’ll seek solutions for blight, crumbling …

An upgrade is in the works for the L’Anse Marina. At last night’s meeting, village council members awarded a contract to install a seating wall at the west edge of the marina. DP Construction will do the work, at a cost of $14,400. It should be complete by the end …

The long-awaited official opening of the Hancock Dog Park takes place tonight. The facility was built by the city, with help from citizen donations, and matching funds from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The christening ceremony will run from 5:15 until 6:15 at the Dog Park, which is located at …

Confusion is growing about the status of abortions in Michigan.  Yesterday, Attorney General Dana Nessel reiterated that abortions remain legal under the terms that existed before the U.S. Supreme Court upended Roe v Wade. Nessel based her statement on a temporary restraining order issued by the Michigan Court of Claims, …