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With Spring playing its cat and mouse game, local golf courses are waiting for their first tee offs of the year. But that doesn’t mean crews are idle.  They have been working hard to prepare the course for their first round of golfers. Jeff Simpson is the Assistant Superintendent at …

Spring events at the Calumet Public Library are underway. They are gearing up for their annual used book sale, which will be on Saturday, June 24th. But first, they need books! After the first of May, books in good condition can be brought to the library. They will also accept …

This Saturday, the Baraga County Communities That Care Coalition is partnering with the Baraga County Sheriff’s Department, L’Anse Health Mart, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Northcare Network in observance of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Medicines that sit for long periods of time in home cabinets are …

Click on the bold scores for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers broke out the bats yesterday, and overpowered the Minnesota Twins 13-4. Alex Avila and John Hicks homered. Hicks and Victor Martinez each had three hits, as did Jim Adduci, who was called up from Toledo yesterday to fill …

Click on the bold scores for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers survived a bench-clearing brawl and a ninth-inning home run, and edged the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Saturday. The tension began in the third inning. Nicholas Castellanos and Justin Upton homered off Minnesota starter Adalberto Mejía. Justin Haley relieved him, …

Click on the bold scores for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers lost their fourth straight game Friday night, falling 6-3 to the Minnesota Twins. Detroit built a 3-0 lead, and Justin Verlander had thrown five straight scoreless innings. But, Verlander lost his control in the sixth, and loaded the …

One way to get out and enjoy Spring this weekend is to go for a shuffle. The annual Sisu Shuffle will begin at the campus of U.P. Health System-Portage in Hancock Saturday at 11am. Health and Fitness Manager Angela Luskin says this is a great way to get out and …

Hancock, Michigan–Contributions to food banks always swell during the winter holidays, but sometimes by the beginning of Spring the cupboards can be a bit bare. So this year Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) partnered with Tadych’s Econofoods of Houghton to help fill those cupboards at St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Pantry …

The final phase of a major road reconstruction project in Hancock begins today. Last summer, Quincy Street through downtown was completely redone, and now the Michigan Department of Transportation will start working on Front Street from Reservation Street to the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. MDOT Communications Representative Dan Weingarten says …

The road to autonomous vehicles and other advanced technologies in the transportation industry goes through Michigan Tech. Which made the university the perfect place for the first Mobility Summit, with faculty and research students sharing their projects with each other. Rogers-042117-1 U. S Army Tank & Automotive Research Center Director …