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The Village of L’Anse has one of 11 projects statewide to receive funding from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. A grant of $45,000 was awarded to the village to help construct a community solar array for their municipal electric utility. Nearly $900,000 in total grants were awarded …

Click on the highlights for more details. High School The Dollar Bay-Tamarack City boys basketball team will face Cedarville in the state tournament Class D quarterfinals tonight. The Blue Bolts are undefeated. The Trojans are 21-3. The game will tip off at 7:00 at Escanaba. Dollar Bay classes will be …

The Michigan Department of Natural Recourses is postponing it’s training academy for instructors of the off road vehicle safety program. Originally schedule for April and June, the academies will now be conducted in July and August.   All instructors must attend the three day academy to learn policies, procedures, classroom …

Several Area robotics teams are returning home after a busy weekend in Escanaba. The FIRST robotics district championship took place at Escanaba High school bringing 39 teams from across the state to compete and showcase their weeks of preceding efforts.   Of the Keweenaw teams who competed, Calumet and L’Anse …

1000 batches of beer on the wall. That’s the milestone being celebrated by the Keweenaw Brewing Company. Over the weeken,  local brewer harvested its 1000th batch of brew since its opening in 2004. Head brewer Tom Dueks has been with the company since batch number one … ‘I learned the …

Houghton County has begun the use of an emergency mass notification system. County residents who want to receive the electronic alerts can sing up by logging into the county’s website. In the event of an emergency, participants would receive notifications by a telephone call, text or email. The system is …

Click on the highlights for more details. Team CC Team Copper Country dominated state tournament play in Marquette over the weekend. After sweeping its three pool games Friday and Saturday by a combined score of 29-2, Team CC dispatched the Oakland Junior Grizzlies 4-1 in the semifinals yesterday morning. After …

Click on the highlights for more details. MTU The Michigan Tech hockey team blanked Northern Michigan University 2-0 last night to win the Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament title. After a scoreless first period, Greyson Reitmeier put the Huskies on top early in the second stanza. Meanwhile, goaltender Patrick Munson and …

U.S. House of Representatives candidate candidate Matt Morgan has been endorsed by the Upper Peninsula Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. Morgan is the only Democrat currently competing for the opportunity to face Republican Jack Bergman in the November general election. “I’m honored to be endorsed by the UP Building …

Two men have been arrested following a raid on a suspected meth lab in a house on Fair Street in Marquette yesterday. Detectives assigned to the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) entered the home with a search warrant. They say they found methamphetamine, two firearms, and so much hazardous …