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The Portage Lake District Library will host Barry Fink with the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country for a discussion about the electoral college and where it stands today on Thursday, December 8, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The recent presidential election was the fifth time in …

A Chicago area man arrested last week after a drug bust conducted by the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team has been arraigned. 38-year-old Fountaine Gordon faces three felony drug charges, including delivery/manufacture of heroin or cocaine, less than 50 grams. Gordon was arrested on November 30th at the Super 8 …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School The boys high school basketball season opened last night. – Hancock began with a 45-41 victory over Calumet in a game that does not count in the WestPAC standings. Hans Stimac led all scorers with 17 points for the Bulldogs. …

A Hancock woman is dead following a rollover accident Sunday night. The Ontonagon Sheriff’s Department says the accident happened around 7:30 p.m. 29-year-old Mandy Kela was driving northbound on U.S. 45 when she lost control of the vehicle. Her vehicle reportedly spun 180 degrees and hit a ditch, where the tires …

Vietnam Veterans are now welcome to apply for the Upper Peninsula Honor Flight. That means all veterans from 1941 thru May 1975 are now eligible to apply. Anyone who served in war time or peace time during that period is eligible to fly to Washington D.C. with the U.P. Honor …

Though the firearms deer hunting season ended last Wednesday, deer hunting is now open for muzzleloaders and archery hunters. Archery season began again on December 1st and runs through New Years Day. Muzzleloader season started Friday and is open until December 11th in Zones 1 and 2 and December 18th …

As it has each year since the country became independent 99 years ago, Finlandia University will celebrate Finland’s Independence Day with a program of music and theater at the Finnish American Heritage Center. The Finnish Indepedence Celebration will be held tomorrow evening at 6:00pm. The program will feature a short …

Highland Copper Company and Copper Range Company have agreed to extend the period to complete the acquisition of the White Pine project to February 28th. The final closing of the acquisition is subject to releasing Copper Range from certain environmental obligations associated with the remediation and closure plan of the …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School The boys high school basketball season opens tonight… – Hancock plays at Calumet in a game that will not count in the WestPAC standings. Our pregame coverage will begin around 7:00 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com – Baraga visits …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey Saturday… – Hancock gave Traverse City Central the first tally of the game, then scored seven unanswered goals to defeat the Trojans 7-2. Five of those goals came in a seven minute scoring flurry, with …