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MLB On the day when the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers were honored, the current Tigers broke their eight-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the Washington Nationals. Miguel Cabrera had three hits, to raise his season batting average to .300. The three runs he drove in lifted him past …

MLB The Detroit Tigers’ bats remained quiet last night, in a 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals. Daniel Norris took the tough loss, giving up two runs over five innings. The Tigers’ only score came on a home run by Nicholas Castellanos. Detroit has now lost eight games in a …

Michigan Technological University and six other hockey programs have submitted paperwork to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, notifying the organization of their plans to leave the conference. The seven schools plan to organize a new hockey conference, which would begin play in the 2021-2022 season. They would remain members of …

US Congressman Jack Bergman is lashing out at Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for her legal actions to shut down the Enbridge Line 5. Nessel filed two lawsuits on Thursday in Ingham County Circuit Court calling for a shutdown of the dual pipelines underneath the Straits of Mackinac “as soon …

A Houghton man is facing a felony charge for an alleged sexual assault on Michigan Tech’s campus. 31-year-old Gerard Blake Dickerson was arraigned in 97th District Court Friday on one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct, 3rd degree, a 15-year felony. The incident reportedly happened on June 8th of this year. …

UPDATE: The Western UP Health Department has retested Hancock Beach and the beach is now open! —————————————————————————————————— The Hancock Beach is temporarily closed after monitoring by the Western UP Health Department showed elevated bacteria levels. Samples were taken from the beach on Wednesday and was closed on Thursday. The Health …

The following press release was issued by Michigan State University Extension 4-H Program Coordinator Anne Kretschmann: Sixteen Houghton-Keweenaw County 4-H’ers joined over 2,200 other youth aged 11 to 19 at the Michigan State University (MSU) campus in East Lansing to participate in Michigan State University 4-H Exploration Days from June …

The following press release was issued by Michigan Tech’s Mark Wilcox: For the past several weeks, students in Michigan Technological University’s Archaeology Field School have been documenting sites for Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park. Thanks to a generous gift, this summer’s work was made easier with …

Two suspects are facing drug charges in Houghton County. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested a 31-year-old man from Hancock on Thursday after a more than two-month long investigation. UPSET Detectives say their investigation identified the suspect as being involved in the distribution of heroin and crystal …

MLB The Detroit Tigers’ losing streak reached seven games with a 3-1 loss to the Texas Rangers yesterday. Starter Spencer Turnbull left after the second inning with what the team is describing as “shoulder fatigue.” He gave up one run. Five relievers combined to allow just two more scores over …