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A brand new month means a new Superior Educator. And the first local teacher recognized for the new year is Shari Tapani from Houghton Elementary School. Tapani was nominated by a student’s parent, who says that she is a one of a kind individual, and always puts her elementary kids …

The new year has been personified by an image of a baby for hundreds of years, dating back to ancient Greece. And the New Year is a wonderful time to celebrate new arrivals. With residents already having truned the page for the 2023 calendar, the Copper Country had to wait …

Should the Hancock City Council continue to meet twice each month? Council members will discuss returning to a once-per-month meeting schedule at their first meeting of 2023 this evening. Council rules require only one meeting per month – on the third Wednesday. The frequency was increased several years ago, as …

Upper Peninsula Power Company has announced its schedule for drawing down the water levels behind its dams. UPPCO is required by the federal government to reduce the water levels of its hydroelectric reservoirs during the winter, to make room for snow melt this spring. The Silver Lake, Hoist, Victoria Dam, …

The man police say was drunk while driving the vehicle that killed a Newberry woman in a traffic crash last month has now been charged. Nineteen-year-old Eric Wayne Edwards was arraigned Thursday in 92nd District  Court in Newberry on the charge of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Death. He was released …

Bay de Noc Community College has begun the search for its next president. Current President Dr. Laura Coleman will retire June 30th. She has filled the position since 2006, and is the longest-serving president in the school’s 60-year history. The college’s posting says the next President of Bay College must …

Motorsports Rally legend Ken Block has died at the age of 55. Block was involved in a snowmobile accident near his home in Mill Hollow, Utah yesterday. The Wasatch County sheriff’s department reported that Block had been riding his snowmobile up a hill when he lost control, and the machine …

Yesterday, cross country skiers gathered at the Tech Trails for the first races of the 2023 Toyota U.S. Cross Country National Championship presented by Hampton Inn and Suites of Houghton. Spectators cheered on racers for the fast paced 10 kilometer freestyle race. The remaining races are the classic sprint tomorrow, …

Say “goodbye” to “GOAT.”  The caprine acronym for “Greatest Of All Time” tops this year’s Banished Words List, compiled by the Unicorn Hunters at Lake Superior State University. Other words and phrases that have been exiled include “inflection point,” “quiet quitting,” “gaslighting” and “moving forward.” Words and phrases are added …

A 13-year-old Missouri girl was killed Saturday morning in a snowmobile crash in southern Houghton County. State police investigators say the girl was traveling on Trail 8 near state highway M-28 just before noon, when she piloted her sled to the side of the trail to make room for oncoming …