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High School In high school baseball today… – Houghton travels to Iron Mountain. – L’Anse entertains Negaunee. In softball this afternoon – Houghton plays at Calumet. Pregame coverage will begin at 3:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. – Hancock entertains Jeffers. – L’Anse travels to Ishpeming. In high school track, …

High School In baseball yesterday at the Negaunee tournament, L’Anse fell to the host Miners 17-3. Houghton lost to Calumet 5-2, and defeated L’Anse 11-1. Calumet then fell to Negaunee in the title game 12-5. MLB The Detroit Tigers split their day-night doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins yesterday, winning the …

High School Calumet edged out Houghton by a scant two points to take the boys team title at the Houghton County Invitational Track Meet at Lake Linden yesterday. Lake Linden-Hubbell was third, followed by Dollar Bay-Tamarack City, Chassell, Hancock and Jeffers. Calumet’s Jensen Schneiderhan won the 110 and 300-meter hurdles. …

May 10, 2019 — As of 6 a.m. Monday, May 13, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will lift remaining weight restrictions on all state trunkline highways in the entire state of Michigan. State routes typically carry M, I, or US designations.             County road commissions and city public works departments …

Ongoing research by Michigan Tech has shown that recent 2015 brook trout regulations on the Pilgrim River may be contributing to the establishment of quality-sized brook trout in the Pilgrim River watershed. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will host a public meeting Thursday, May 23 at 6pm at the …

Saturday is Derby at the Dee as the Keweenaw Roller Derby hosts Team Unicorn from Madison, Wisconsin to open their home season. Keweenaw Roller Derby is part of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association and tomorrow’s bout is the first of four derby events at the Dee this year. I …

Skilled welding workers are in high demand and students at the Copper Country Intermediate School District are ready to help meet that need. The Copper Country ISD held a CTE Welding Student Showcase on Tuesday where 15 welding students met with 30 local manufacturers, from Massie, Calumet Electronics, REL, Loukus …

The village of Baraga is one of 23 small communities in Michigan to receive a road funding grant through a new Community Service Infrastructure Fund program. The program was established last December by the Michigan Department of Transportation to help villages and small cities in the state with populations less …

© Tim McG Photo & Video Michigan Tech’s Visual and Performing Arts Department has a new Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies. Minnesota native Adam Meckler will be the third director of the Michigan Tech Jazz program, which has a 52-year history of Jazz in the Midwest.  …

The head of UP Health System–Marquette is stepping down. Market President of UP Health System and CEO of UP Health System—Marquette Brian Sinotte has been in the Upper Peninsula for three years. He has accepted a position in Chicago and will leave his current role effective June 21st. “The decision …