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It’s nothing short of a disaster area. The Copper Country continues to pick up the pieces after heavy rains caused widespread flooding over the weekend.  Between four and seven inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding and mud slides that resulted in hundreds of …

IRON MOUNTAIN – The Hancock VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic is closed until further notice due to recent storm damage knocking out power to the facility. Veterans with appointments affected by the closing will be contacted to reschedule. Any questions may be directed to the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center …

Deputies from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Canal Road Sunday, just before 5:00am, for a basement collapsing due to flooding and a 12 year old child trapped inside. The father was able to dig out the child and perform CPR. Deputies along with Stanton Township first responders …

SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — Due to heavy rains and storms near the coastal Lake Superior region, the Coast Guard urges all boaters in the Keweenaw Waterway and Portage Lake region to avoid recreating on the water due to significant debris in the waterway caused by recent rain storms. Additionally, …

A local restaurant has caught the attention of the taste buds of a statewide publication. Mlive.com has included La Cantina of Hancock as one of the 10 Best Mexican Restaurants in Michigan. Sampling food at over 300 restaurants in the state, the food tasters visited La Cantina and praised them …

While the cause of a recent fire in Calumet remains under investigation, a relief fund has been organized for a family of six who have been displaced by the blaze. It’s believed that the fire started in a vacant church and quickly spread to the Bain family home on the …

LAURIUM, Mich. – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics has met all criteria for laboratory accreditation by the Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA), a national healthcare accreditation organization. The two-year accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance …

IRON MOUNTAIN – Today, the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center announced that its nursing home received 5-stars as part of its annual performance rating. The Iron Mountain-based VAMC’s announcement comes after VA extended its unprecedented 18-month record of transparency disclosures by making public for the first time its annual nursing …

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved a total of $1.25 million over a five-year period for the Department of Natural Resources to provide up to 75 percent of funding for improvements to partner shooting ranges throughout Michigan. The DNR received these additional federal funds via the Wildlife and …

HOUGHTON and HANCOCK, Mich. —  Parades, music, food, and fun has been the theme of Bridgefest since its beginning in the late 80’s–this year Davis and Davis will bring this weekend to a thrilling conclusion Saturday night. Joshua Davis, finalist from NBC’s “The Voice” will perform before and after the …