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High School In girls high school basketball last night… Calumet defeated Houghton 68-50. Celia Kilunen led the Copper Kings with 19 points, and Elli Djerf added 18. Maryellen Trewhella scored 24 for the Gremlins.Hancock lost to West Iron County 45-36. Taylor Sebbas scored 10 for the Bulldogs.Lake Linden-Hubbell stopped Republic-Michigamme …

Michigan Tech’s Winter Carnival has come to a close and St. Albert the Great is the overall winner. They also won the Co-Ed Division, with second place going to Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Tau Gamma. Third place in the division was Delta Zeta and Delta Upsilon. Phi Kappa Tau …

Valentine’s Day is a day meant for expressing love but a show Thursday night at the Calumet Theatre goes against the traditional grain. It’s the UnValentine’s Show, featuring Songs and Tales of Unforgiveness, Heartbreak, Dysfunction and Revenge from Jamie-Sue Seal and John Latini. Executive Director Marlin Lee says folks will …

The Portage Lake District Library will host Two Harbors, Minnesota resident and author Katya Gordon for a reading and discussion about her latest book, Climate Change Musings and Studies from Lake Superior’s North Shore on Thursday, February 14 at 5pm. Gordon’s book is intended to help regular people in the …

Four snowmobilers were rescued Saturday night from the ice of the Big Iron River by a pair of conservation officers who risked their own safety to find the riders and bring them back to waiting emergency crews. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers Jenni Hanson and Zach Painter patrol …

A plane broke through the ice on Lake Superior near Torch Lake Township Sunday afternoon. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office says they received information shortly before 3:00pm that an airplane had broken through the ice off White City Beach. The pilot of the 1946 Taylor Craft told authorities that he …

A Calumet man was injured when he was struck by passing snowmobile. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Sunday just before 4:00am on Trail #17, just north of Boston Road. Authorities say the man was trying to flag down a passing snowmobile for help on the trail …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is preparing to make her first State of the State address Tuesday night from Lansing. Already she has shown that environmental issues are very important to her in her first few weeks as governor. State Representative Greg Markkanen hopes she will touch on some other important issues …

The celebration of Finland’s 100th Independence Day marked the completion of a remake of a legendary film based on a legendary book, “The Unknown Soldier.” This 2017 movie was the most expensive movie production in the history of Finland, with a budget of 7 million euros, and the film was …

High School In girls high school basketball Saturday, Calumet defeated Ewen-Trout Creek 46-32. Elli Djerf paced the Copper Kings with 10 points. The Panthers’ Elise Besonen led all scorers with 15. In boys hoops Saturday, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City shaded Ontonagon 47-44 in overtime. On the girls basketball schedule tonight… Houghton …