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The Minneapolis Police Department has navigated a turbulent stretch under the guidance of a Finlandia University graduate. Chief Medaria Arradondo has a criminal justice degree from what was then Suomi College in the late 1980’s. Arradondo explained how that came to be in an interview with Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine. I …

High School In high school baseball yesterday… • L’Anse v Iron Mountain – no report. On the baseball schedule this afternoon… • Houghton plays at Kingsford. • Lake Linden-Hubbell travels to Pellston. Tomorrow… • Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at a tournament in Hillman.  In high school softball… • Houghton plays at …

Houghton High School students got to enjoy the outdoors Thursday morning, while learning about local history and cleaning up the environment. It was the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day in collaboration with Joan Chadde from Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center. Not everyone knows what Huron Creek is. There …

Beginning Friday at 6 AM, the Michigan Department of Transportation will ease weight restrictions for trucking over most of the Upper Peninsula. The dividing line starts at US2/US 141 at the Menominee River Bridge near Iron Mountain. It follows US 2 east to Rapid River and runs north on US-41 …

UP Health System – Portage is expanding its community events back towards normal, including the Sisu Shuffle 5k this Saturday. Angela Luskin says that preregistration is a requirement this year, and more information can be found here. Luskin says that fun is the name of the game. Whether you are …

At Tuesday’s Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education meeting, members were updated on renovations being planned for the Career and Technical Education Center’s Automotive Lab. Work will start at the end of this school year in June. The cement floor is going to be replaced and new equipment …

Inflation is starting to delay construction projects in the area. Hancock City Council altered the purchase agreement for 201 E. Franklin St., the former site of Neil’s Taxi Service, at Wednesday’s meeting. Developer Andrew Lahti bought the lot earlier this year and had originally hoped to have a rental property …

High School On the high school baseball schedule today…• L’Anse welcomes Iron Mountain. The boys National Invitational Hockey Tournament opens today at Plymouth, Minnesota. Michigan has two teams competing. The junior squad includes Tom Erkkila and Jackson Rilei from Calumet, and will begin play at 6:45 Central Time against North …

Dan Weingarten from the Michigan Department of Transportation says this year is a good one to be vigilant when planning road trips throughout the region. Over $121 million has been budgeted for construction projects in the Upper Peninsula. Expect to see orange barrels popping up in Houghton County next week. …

A COVID-19 vaccine clinic initially scheduled for just Michigan Tech faculty and students has been opened to the general public. Shots are administered in the Student Development Complex’s Wood Gym today until 5 PM and Thursday beginning at 8 AM. Walk-ins are accepted, but not preferred. Upper Great Lakes Family …