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HANCOCK — There’s still a place for you in the music workshops that Heikinpäivä is providing this year, so don’t miss a beat, and reserve your seat! Festival programming continues Tuesday with a lecture and recital about the ancient Finnish instrument jouhikko, which was nearly lost to history but is …

Two wolves remain on Isle Royale. The count was confirmed on the second flight of the year on January 20th by those conducting the Wolves and Moose on Isle Royale study project, based out of Michigan Tech. There had been previous reports that the population was down to a single …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In girls basketball last night… – Houghton downed Hancock 46-34. – Chassell overwhelmed Calumet 80-58. Milly Allen scored 30 for the Panthers, and Sydney Danison added 23. – Jeffers defeated Lake Linden-Hubbell 46-31. Dana Kinnunen led the Jets with 12 points. Erin …

Students in grades K-12 are invited to the Portage Lake District Library to collaborate with Clay Artist Elaine Eikenberry on Saturday, January 27, from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Students will create clay art pieces that reflect the theme of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The …

With the annual Pigs ‘N Heat hockey match less than two weeks away, area police and fire departments will be out in the community selling tickets to the fundraiser. Along with admission to the game, every ticket purchased is automatically entered in a series of drawings for cash and prizes. …

At last week’s regular monthly meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, the Chronic Wasting Disease Working Group – a panel challenged by the commission to explore actions that could substantially mitigate or eliminate CWD in Michigan – presented its recommendations to strengthen the fight against this neurological …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school girls basketball tonight… – Hancock plays at Houghton. – Calumet visits Chassell. – Jeffers tips off at Lake Linden-Hubbell. – L’Anse travels to Ontonagon. – Ewen-Trout Creek entertains Republic-Michigamme. – Baraga plays at Dollar Bay-Tamarack City in …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey yesterday, Houghton defeated Bay Port 4-1. Results from L’Anse’s games at the Merrill tournament were not reported. Finlandia The Finlandia University men’s hockey team gave up three goals in the first 17 minutes, and lost 6-1 at …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey last night, Austin Salani’s goal 15 seconds into overtime lifted Hancock to a 4-3 victory over Bay Port. Early goals by Trevor Tchida and Colton Salani gave the Bulldogs a quick advantage, but the Pirates tied the game …

The secret is out–Houghton is one of the best small towns in the nation to move to, according to moveBuddha, a technology company that offers tools to help people relocate. The group looked at thousands of searches each month on their moving cost calculator done by people looking to move. …