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Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools will host a first of it’s kind graduation ceremony this Saturday, at 10am at the Dollar Bay Baseball Park. What makes this graduation stand out, is seniors will be in golf carts, donated by the Calumet Golf Course. Friends and family can park at Quincy’s …

If you‘ve got a child between the ages of six and fourteen, in the Western Upper Peninsula, who loves to read and could use a new mountain bike and helmet, today is your lucky day. U.P. Kids presents the Herman “Winks” Gundlach Read to Ride Program. Every book your child …

The Portage Lake District Library will begin a phased reopening starting Monday. The first of four scheduled phases, has employees returning to work to clean the library, accept the 4,500 items that have been checked out, quarantine the returned materials, and prepare for curbside pick up services. Director Dillon Geshel. …

The Village of Calumet’s small loader, used for Fall and Spring cleanups, along with snow removal, is down in Marquette, for repair work. This coming from the Village Council meeting last night. The council approved $10,500 for repairs and transportation back to the village, once repairs are done. The council …

Finlandia The Finlandia University men’s soccer team has added another new recruit. Matthew Garcia played at George Washington High School in Denver. MLB The Major League Baseball draft begins with the first round tonight. The Detroit Tigers have the first pick, and are expected to select slugging Arizona State first …

The Hancock School Public Library has earned the School Service Award, which is given out by the Copper Country Association of School Boards, along with Hancock Public Schools. The award, which is given out every Spring, honors outstanding service to education and notable contributions to the quality of education, above …

Beginning June 15th, retailers which have the reverse vending machine setup for taking back bottles and cans, may begin doing so. Retailers, where clerks have to count returns by hand, cannot yet start taking returns. In addition, retailers who begin taking returns, must adhere to state mandated safety protocols to …

Governor Whitmer along with Department of Insurance and Financial Services Director Anita Fox, announced Fox has directed auto insurance carriers to begin issuing refunds or premium waivers to Michigan drivers as a result of less driving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Whitmer said “Michiganders have been staying safe and staying …

In an email to parents, Hancock School Superintendent Dr. Steve Patchin thanked everyone who attended this past weekend’s Graduation Ceremony.  It wasn’t easy, having to maintain strict social distancing guidelines and other compliance recommendations, but the ceremony went off beautifully. He also mentioned a fundraiser, in the name of the …

Big news from Lansing yesterday. In addition to lifting the “Stay Home Stay Safe” Executive Order and condemning President Trump over comments made during a conference call, Governor Whitmer also said this. Regions 6 & 8 are the Upper Peninsula and parts of the northern Lower Peninsula. Phase 5 centers …