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Sunday afternoon in L’Anse, music filled the pews above and beyond traditional worship service. The Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary held Song Fest at a different time than normal. Typically, it coincides with the first week of Advent in early December. That was canceled due to COVID-19 and shifted to April, …

Michigan’s Copper Country is being encouraged to dial all ten digits when they make a phone call. Within a couple of months, it will be required. The transition phase is known as permissive dialing, which began Saturday. Usually, it applies when a new area code is created. During the permissive …

Principal Steve Aho can cross another item off his to-do list as he works to get the area’s newest school up and running by fall. Copper Island Academy brought on Aho and one other full-time employee late last year to shepherd the institution through the authorization process. Recently, Central Michigan …

High School On the high school softball schedule this afternoon… • Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Houghton. • Hancock travels to Gwinn In the final day of play at the boys National Invitational Hockey Tournament yesterday… • The Michigan Juniors fell to Colorado 3-2. Calumet’s Tom Erkilla and Jackson Rilei played …

Friday evening, area law enforcement began searching for a 17-year-old boy who went missing near Paulding. The most recent press release from Ontonagon County Sheriff Dale Rantala says his department has been joined by Michigan State Police along with several local, county and federal agencies. K-9 units have been brought …

High School In high school baseball Saturday… • Lake Linden-Hubbell’s results from the tournament in Hillman were not reported.  At the boys National Invitational Hockey Tournament Saturday… • The Michigan Juniors fell to the Minnesota Seniors 6-3. Calumet’s Tom Erkilla and Jackson Rilei play on that team. Neither figured in …

At 1:27 Friday afternoon, a call came into Tamarack City Fire about a blaze in the upper levels of a home at the corner of M-26 and Sixth Street. Chief Stephen Klein says damage was extensive. There’s actually a full third floor, got a finished floor. The floor is gone. …

For decades, everyone knew what the Friday before graduation at Michigan Tech meant for Houghton and Hancock bars. During a pandemic, Senior Walk is far less certain. Houghton Police Chief says his department is preparing for a quiet edition of the rowdy tradition. It was very crowded at one time. …

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office has announced that former Ontonagon and Dickinson County priest Gary Jacobs has pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct charges in four cases. He has a hearing for a fifth on May 3rd. Jacobs served in the Catholic Church in the Western Upper Peninsula in the …

Hancock Central High School’s Austin Salani and Calumet’s Dean Loukus are both on Team Michigan Seniors in the prestigious National Invitational Tournament this weekend. The annual event is a great opportunity for players to be scouted by all levels of professional and amateur hockey if they intend to continue their …