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Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school hockey tonight, Hancock skates at Calumet in the opening game of the Copper Island Classic. The annual total-goals series will wrap up tomorrow night at the Colosseum. Our broadcast of tomorrow’s finale will begin at 6:40 on …

Click on the blue links for more details. NMU The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team used a strong second half to defeat Hillsdale College 80-68 at the Hillsdale College Thanksgiving Classic yesterday. NHL The Detroit Red Wings edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime last night. Andreas Athansiou’s first …

If you look up the hill from Houghton or Hancock, you’ll notice a lot of heavy machinery climbing the snow covered mountain. “We’re getting ready for opening. We’re going to open December 1st. We’ve got 25 guns and we’re pumping out of the canal and making, I would say, the …

DETROIT— U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, Detroit District, announces a contract option award to dredge stamp sands in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula between Gay, Michigan and the Grand Traverse Harbor. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, provided USACE with an additional $946,000 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, …

The Upper Peninsula Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force has taken several positive actions – working in concert with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources – since the Oct. 18 confirmation that a 4-year-old doe tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Dickinson County. The task force includes representatives of U.P. …

Four suspects are in custody for allegedly selling crystal meth in Marquette County.  Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested Zya Ray Fassbender of Marquette, Corin Renee Hurst of Ishpeming, Christopher Francis Larson of Ishpeming and Kevin Lawrence Reidy of Ishpeming last Friday. A series of traffic stops …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school hockey last night, Houghton opened its season with a 3-0 win over Marquette. Finlandia The Finlandia baseball team has added two new recruits. Joshua Merced is an outfielder from Miramar, Florida. Gabrielle Voisin is an infielder from Jonesville, …

Keeping schools safe and students healthy will be the focus of a community event at the Houghton High School Auditorium. The public is welcome to this free presentation by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, one of the world’s leading experts on the causes of violence and school safety. Grossman is the …

Copper Country Habitat for Humanity is pleased to announce the hiring of Brian Van Sickle as the new manager of the ReStore and Jim Wilson as assistant manager. Brian Van Sickle has extensive retail and customer service experience and has supervised and trained hundreds of employees since he first began …

Michigan conservation officers in the northern Lower Peninsula are investigating the illegal killing of two bull elk, north of Atlanta. The carcasses of the two animals were discovered Saturday off Montmorency County Road 622, near Roth Road. The location is about 7 miles north of Atlanta, just south of Clear …