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One of the area’s largest accounting firms is about to change hands. Rukkila, Negro and Associates, CPA’s, PC will transfer to new ownership next month. The 20-year-old firm has been operated by Peter Negro and staff since 2011, providing accounting, auditing and tax services. The new owners will be Ryan …

Lake Superior’s ecosystem gets a “good” grade in a new report compiled by the International Joint Commission, and released by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The analysis of all five Great Lakes is updated every three years.  Criteria include water and beach quality, fish health, environmental contamination, …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. College Basketball The Michigan Tech women’s team fell to second-ranked Ashland 77-49 last night. Katelyn Meister led the Huskies with 15 points. The Finlandia women’s basketball team opens play at the Wisconsin-Superior Holiday Shootout tonight against Wisconsin-River Falls. The Lions will …

Chassell’s fire department rescued a pup after a fall down a cliff yesterday. At about 12:44pm, Chassell Volunteer Fire and Rescue were called to an residence on US-41 for a dog that had fallen over a cliff. Firefighters were able to descend to the dog’s location about 50 feet down …

This upcoming year much of the portage lake district library will receive a face lift inside their facility. A floor redesign of the space inside the library will afford  the library to add additional meeting rooms for programming, new paint and carpet, and most important a space designed for teen …

The Upper Peninsula’s unemployment rate bumped upward in November. Figures released yesterday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget show the number of U.P. residents with jobs shrank by 1,900. That’s 1.5 percent of the peninsula’s current workforce. That pushed the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent. That’s six-tenths …

A Macomb County woman was killed Tuesday night in a snowmobile crash north of Newberry. Luce County sheriff’s deputies say the 55-year-old Chesterfield woman was trying to cross M-123 when she pulled into the lane of a northbound vehicle that was not able to avoid her. The crash threw the …

A new competitive art scholarship has been established at Finlandia University. The Elsa Brule Scholarship will award $2,000 to one incoming freshman or transfer student majoring in Art Therapy or Graphic Design. The scholarship can be renewed for up to four years at Finlandia by maintaining a grade point average …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School Houghton won the title at the MacInnes Holiday Hockey Classic last night, outscoring Hancock 7-3 in the championship match. The Gremlins and Bulldogs went toe-to-toe in the first period, with each team finding the net three times. Houghton then …

Teens with a talent for painting drawing or any other form of art each year earn the chance to spend a week on the sunny summer shores of Isle Royale. Every year the Teen Artist Exploration program invites two teens to the national park to backpack, canoe, and capture the …