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The City of Hancock’s latest financial audit is clean.  Deb Bradford of Rukkila, Negro, & Associates presented the unmodified audit of their budget to the city council at their regular meeting on Wednesday. The general fund balance had an increase of $127,000 and a decrease it the city’s debt of …

A new train-themed family restaurant will open next year in the old depot on Lakeshore Drive in Houghton. Roy and Trisia Narhi are in the process of purchasing the vacant Copper Range Depot building next to their other restaurant, Roy’s Pasties and Bakery. The city of Houghton assisted in the …

The Houghton Zoning Board of Appeals met Wednesday to discuss a variance that would allow Meijer to provide 462 spaces in their parking lot, roughly 400 fewer than the city’s ordinance would require for a retail business of that size. A representative from Meijer said the lower number is closer …

High School In high school hockey tonight, Hancock skates at Negaunee. In boys basketball this evening… – Calumet plays at Houghton. – L’Anse faces Iron Mountain – that game was originally scheduled to be played in L’Anse, but has been moved to Iron Mountain. – Ontonagon visits Bessemer. In girls …

It’s fairly common that we associate certain job positions with a specific gender. For instance, if you think ‘car mechanic’ you typically expect that person to be a male based on historical statistics, but the Copper Country ISD is hoping to see those stereotypes change by introducing a group of …

Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) will begin lowering water levels at its hydroelectric reservoirs in anticipation of melting snow and precipitation during the spring of 2019. These water level changes are required by the hydroelectric project licenses that are issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The water levels …

DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, awards a contract for maintenance dredging in the Ontonagon Harbor. King Company, Inc. from Holland, Michigan, was awarded a more than $1.1 million contract to dredge the federal channel in the Ontonagon Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. King …

The License and Regulatory Affairs agency of the state of Michigan says that A2B Transportation in Laurium may now proceed in operating as a taxicab carrier. LARA Public Information Officer Jeannie Vogel said a Cease and Desist Order was mailed to the company on December 13th, which went into effect …

High School In high school hockey last night… – Calumet scored three goals in the third period, and defeated Houghton 5-2. Landon Johnson’s goal broke a 2-2 tie, and was the game-winner. Rylan Anderson scored twice for the Copper Kings, and Alex Mattila and Dean Loukus also scored. Alex Studebaker …

UPDATE 5:05 PM   Here is further clarification.  LARA’s press release clearly indicates that the Order prohibits A2B from operating as a taxicab carrier “until a certificate of registration from LARA is obtained.” Today, A2B obtained that certificate of registration from the State of Michigan Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory …