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Organizers have been getting geared up for close to a year, and the big weekend will return to Calumet before you know it. CopperDog 2024 will enter the race’s fifteenth year running. Over the years there have been plenty of memories made by race teams, volunteers, and spectators alike. CopperDog …

Maybe the bear rolled over early this winter. Heikinpaiva will arrive on the streets of Hancock starting tomorrow. While many events have been taking place ahead of the festival. Tomorrow is the big day, with the parade, markets, Spiral Dance polar plunge and so much more. But before the parade …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night…• Jeffers overcame an early 3-0 deficit, and edged Kingsford 4-3. Cage Osterman had two goals and an assist for the Jets. Brit Heinonen and Kailob Bianco each scored once, with Heinonen’s the game …

A Houghton man has been convicted of defacing Hancock’s Temple Jacob with swastikas and other offensive symbols. A jury in a federal trial held in Marquette took very little time to find 23-year-old Nathan Weeden guilty. Prosecutors said he conspired with others to paint the Jewish synagogue with racist symbols …

The Superior Watershed Partnership has received 323,000 dollars in grant funds for improving stormwater runoff in Marquette. The Superior watershed partnership recently received a Great Lakes Grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Sustain Our Great Lakes Program for coastal habitat and climate adaptation that will install green infrastructure …

Parents and caregivers interested in Learning more about the IEP program for children and young adults are invited to a presentation in Baraga. This evening the Michigan Alliance for Families, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will host a free presentation for caregivers …

Driving along College Avenue it’s clear anticipation for Winter Carnival is building. Many groups are preparing their large month-long statues for the competition. But there is another group, that includes members from the community, that are building the largest ice chapel St Albert the Great University Parish has seen yet. …

Michigan Tech University will update the school’s Hazard mitigation plan. As a part of the university process, it will seek input from the public through a survey, which was recently published online. Responses to the Hazard mitigation public survey will help the university understand the community’s hazard concerns. As well …

Around the Copper Country, many seniors rely on caregivers to have the most up-to-date information. This evening the Northern Michigan University Center for Rural Health will host its first monthly community health town hall. Tonight’s program will center on Direct Care Workers and caregiving. The panel of experts invited to …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In girls basketball last night…• Hancock edged Iron Mountain 36-35. On the girls’ schedule tonight…• Jeffers travels to Wakefield-Marenisco.• Baraga entertains Ironwood. In boys action tonight…• Calumet plays at Houghton. Coverage will begin around 7:00 on KBear 102.3. In …