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With COVID-19 cases increasing rapidly in the Copper Country, free testing will be offered Saturday, October 2nd. Anyone who wants a test can get one between 9:00 and 2:00 at the Gates Tennis Center at Michigan Tech. No appointment, prescription or doctor’s order will be needed. Participants are encouraged to …

COVID-19 numbers in the Copper Country keep climbing. The Western U.P. Health Department reported 93 more positive cases and three more deaths across its five-county service area in the past week. 76 of those positives, and two deaths, were in Houghton County. The third death was in Baraga County, which …

At its special budget meeting earlier this week, the Houghton County Board of Commissioners encouraged residents to do their part to help control the pandemic. The board’s resolution noted that prevention methods such as mask wearing, social distancing and handwashing are simple, cheap, and effective. It acknowledges that most residents …

Archery deer hunting season opens today across the state. Bow hunters in most of the eastern and central Upper Peninsula will be allowed to shoot antlerless deer this year. That area includes the Huron Mountains in northeastern Baraga County, and the southern portion of Iron County. Antlerless deer remain off …

The most hard-hit COVID-19 counties in Michigan are now all in the Upper Peninsula. Six counties are currently in the “Code Red” category – Houghton, Baraga, Iron, Dickinson, Menominee and Delta. Iron County is being hit the hardest, with a rolling average of 115 new infections per week, adjusted per …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is receiving $1.4 million dollars from the federal government to help improve services to victims of crimes. $505,795 is coming from the Tribal set-aside portion of the federal Crime Victims Fund. It’s one of 113 grants handed out nationwide, totaling nearly $113 million. An additional …

The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter is celebrating its 40th anniversary by moving into a new facility. Director Mary Niemela says the new building is not far from the existing shelter. It will offer a number of advantages… [NIEMELA A]. “To be able to be on one story, and have more …

It’s deadline day for the upcoming Keweenaw Bay Indian Community primary election. Those wishing to run for Tribal Council positions must have application letters turned in at the Tribal Center by 4:00 this afternoon. Two seats will be available in both the L’Anse and Baraga Districts. Those wishing to register …

Michigan begins its 2020-2021 fiscal year today with a budget in place, and none of the controversy that consumed last year’s process. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the budget into law yesterday.  Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has reduced tax revenues and increased state expenses, base funding for K-12 schools, community …

More than 11,300 businesses and nonprofits in Michigan have been awarded grants totaling $69 million to help offset COVID-19 losses. In Hancock yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said the grants were funneled through local economic development organizations via the Michigan Small Business Restart Grant Program… “This program was launched to provide …