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High School In high school hockey, Calumet blanked Hancock 3-0 in the opening game of the Copper Island Classic Friday night. The Copper Kings got off to a quick start, when Paul Sturos and Tanner Rowe scored in the first period. Gabe Coppo added an insurance tally late in the …

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED AS OF 8:15 FRIDAY MORNING. Slowly but surely, electrical crews are restoring power to areas hit by Wednesday’s severe storm. UPPCO spokesman Brett French told us this morning that around 1,200 customers remain without power. Higher figures shown earlier this morning on the company’s online …

High School In high school hockey, Hancock and Calumet face off tonight and tomorrow at the total-goals Copper Island Classic. Both games will be played at the Colosseum.  The Kiwanis girls 19U hockey team will be holding a can drive tomorrow and Sunday. Bring your deer camp empties to Louie’s …

The Upper Peninsula Power Company says it continues to devote its full resources to resolving power outages caused by Wednesday’s storm. At 8:30 Thanksgiving morning, company spokesperson Brett French told us that damage is so widespread that they’re still continuing to assess the situation. Around 4,200 customers remain without power …

THURSDAY, 9:30 AM – SEE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM UPPCO HERE. Power companies continue to struggle to restore electricity to some of the thousands who lost service during Wednesday’s winter storm. As of 5:00 Thursday morning, the Upper Peninsula Power Company had provided no recent updates about how many customers were …

NHL The Detroit Red Wings’ struggles continued with a 6-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night. Jimmy Howard gave up three goals in the first 10 minutes, then left the game with a mid-body injury. Jonathan Bernier allowed the other three goals, as the Leafs outshot the Wings 54-25. …

Hancock will kick of the holiday season Friday evening with the annual Christmas walk. Activities begin at 5:00. At 6:00, Santa will board a fire truck at the Scott Building, and ride it to City Hall. He’ll light the Christmas tree, and then share gifts and candy with children. Kids …

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly will again provide free turkey dinners to seniors who would otherwise be alone on the holiday. Little Brothers’ Cathy Aten says it won’t be long before the smell of 70 turkeys will be filling the kitchen at Wadsworth Hall at …

NOTE: This story was posted at 7:20 a.m. on November 27th. It contains timely information which may be out of date if read later. Mother Nature has thrown a monkey wrench into a lot of Thanksgiving travel plans with an ill-timed storm. Most areas could see a foot or more …

The pre-Thanksgiving snowfall will not stop tomorrow’s Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk. Angela Luskin from UP Health System-Portage says it will force them off the regular trail, and onto a back-up route… There’s a silver lining in that, for those who might not want to do the full distance… The Turkey …