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Michigan’s hospital administrators are pleading for state residents to continue to take precautions against the coronavirus. The Michigan Health and Hospital Association issued a statement yesterday, on behalf of Chief Medical Officers and Chief Clinical Officers of Michigan Healthcare Systems and Hospitals. The organization notes that COVID-19-related hospitalizations have increased …

Copper Country Republicans turned out yesterday to welcome the oldest son of President Donald Trump to the Copper Country. Donald Trump Jr. made a brief campaign stop at the Houghton County Memorial Airport. He hit on all of the campaign’s usual talking points, including unverified accusations that Democratic candidate Joe …

The City of Hancock has new rental property rules, although they won’t take effect right away. At a four-hour meeting last night, the city council voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance that has been in the works for months.  Last night’s discussion uncovered a couple of lingering issues. The first …

A small, little-used Hancock Park will be getting a facelift. Last night, the city council accepted an $8,500 grant to purchase a piece of play equipment for Klondike Park. Klondike Park is located near the entrance to Sylvan Estates, a bit north of the historic Klondike Location. It’s never been …

Marquette County Sheriff Greg Zyburt’s first thought was that someone on his staff had pulled a trick on him. Zyburt walked out of a Marquette radio station after an interview yesterday morning, to find his truck missing. As his deputies were denying involvement, a call came in about a sheriff’s …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District will be part of a significant effort to provide services for students with mental health issues.  The District will receive $2 million from the state over the next five years through a Michigan Department of Education grant entitled Project AWARE.  The money will be …

Michigan’s COVID-19 rate continues to skyrocket. Yesterday afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer noted that the average daily diagnosis rate now is three times higher than it was in June, and has doubled in the last three weeks. The governor noted that the spike began after the state Supreme Court ruled that …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Clara E. Kivela, 85, a resident of Calumet passed away on Wednesday October 14, 2020 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital. She was born on May 31, 1935 in Mohawk to John and Margaret (Larson) Lehtola. She was married to Leo Kivela on …

A new plaque will be added soon to the Italian Hall Memorial Site. Last night, the Calumet Village Council approved the marker, which will credit those who helped create the monument commemorating the victims that was dedicated two years ago. Mike Lahti, who spearheaded the monument effort, read the inscription, …

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is encouraging absentee voters to hand-deliver ballots to their local election clerk’s offices or ballot drop boxes. While ballots can still be requested and submitted by mail, Benson said yesterday that the risk of postal delays grows greater as the election nears. Absentee ballots …