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A number of local non-profits will be celebrating Giving Tuesday today. Giving Tuesday is designed to offset the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and redirect our focus toward the more Christmas-oriented concepts of giving and helping others. Finlandia University will again be raising funds to help pay for …

Wolves recently relocated to the Isle Royale National Park seem to be finding enough to eat. Scientists who have been observing the wolves released an update yesterday. More than half of the prey eaten by the wolves have been moose. One of the reasons for rebuilding the wolf pack on …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has called on the state legislature to hold off on implementing the Medicaid Work Requirement that is set to begin January first. The work requirement was part of the Medicaid expansion approved during the Rick Snyder administration. It calls for most Medicaid recipients between the ages of …

High School In high school hockey tonight… – Houghton skates at Hancock. – Jeffers visits Kingsford. Our broadcast will begin at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. On the opening night of the girls basketball season… – Calumet hosts Ewen-Trout Creek. – Hancock welcomes West Iron County. – Lake Linden-Hubbell …

The snow that fell last week caused problems for many, but it also brought smiles to the faces of those who love winter sports, and those who earn their livelihoods from them. The state snowmobile trail grooming window opened Sunday. Brad Barnett of the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau says …

This weekend’s Small Business Saturday promotion has been deemed a hit. Tara Arens from the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce said they gave out lots of coupon books, coffee and doughnuts at their office… Retail members of the Chamber were also pleased… Arens reminds shoppers that many of the coupons …

Despite snowy weather and lingering power outages, turnout was good for one of Baraga County’s favorite Christmas traditions yesterday. The annual Advent Songfest raised money for two non profits. Deacon John Cadeau from the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul praised the spirit of giving in Baraga County… Baraga County …

Marijuana is now being sold to adults in Michigan for recreational purposes. The first licensed distribution centers opened yesterday. Arbors Wellness Center in Ann Arbor was chosen to make the first sale. Arbors was an existing medical marijuana supplier. The first customer was 78-year-old John Sinclair, who became the center …

A second Michigander has died from the mysterious outbreak of lung injuries related to vaping. News of the death of an adult male was released last week. Because of medical privacy issues, no other details have been made public. 56 cases of the lung ailment have been reported in Michigan. …

Gas prices rose again last week in our area. AAA Michigan’s survey places the average cost of unleaded gasoline in the Marquette region at $2.57 per gallon. That’s a nickel higher than it was a week ago, four cents higher than a month ago, and a dime higher than a …