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Hancock, Michigan—The Environmental Endowment Advisory Committee of the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) is now accepting applications for its annual granting cycle. $3,400 is available from the Environmental Endowment Fund for local organizations supporting programs, projects, and activities related to a broad range of environmental concerns that include, but are not …

The Michigan State Police Calumet Post says the bodies of three missing boaters who left Chassell, MI for a fishing trip on Lake Superior and did not return on September 17th have been located.  On Saturday, October 1st at approximate 12:45 p.m., the sunken boat was located using sonar by …

Recovery efforts are underway in the Copper Country in the search for three missing boaters and their boat. According to the U.S. Coast Guard in Sault Ste. Marie, members of the Michigan State Police are conducting what’s being called a ‘Recovery Operation’ in the Keweenaw Bay. Three people: 61 year–old …

A Laurium man charged with murder is being ordered into treatment.   32-year-old Christian Paul Kitti was determined to be Incompetent to Stand Trial in 97th District Court in Houghton County. The court received a report from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Forensic Psychiatry. …

One of the cases in a recent drug bust in Atlantic Mine is moving forward. 52-year-old Anthony James Vencato appeared in 97th District Court in Houghton. He is facing a felony charge of possession of meth or ecstasy after being arrested a month ago when UPSET detectives executed a search …

A Calumet man is dead following an ATV crash in Calumet Township Thursday afternoon. Troopers from the Michigan State Police post at Calumet say 54-year-old James Meshbesher drove his ATV up to a decommissioned train trestle along Trail Three near Portland Street around 5:30. At the top of the embankment, …

Auditions for this year’s Missoula Children’s Theatre musical production of “Rumpelstiltskin” will be held Monday, October 10, at the Calumet Theatre. The auditions will take place in the ballroom beginning at 4pm. A cast of 50 – 60 students from K – 12th grades perform in this musical production.  The …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today released its 2016 Michigan Deer Hunting Prospects report. The full text of the report follows. 2016 MICHIGAN DEER HUNTING PROSPECTS The leading reason many individuals participate in deer hunting is simply the opportunity to spend time outdoors with friends and family, but harvesting …

For the original story and video by ABC-10’s Andy Kulie, click here. Invisibility…it’s the stuff of science fiction and fantasy. But new developments are being made that are bringing us one step closer to being able to make things disappear without the help of story book magic. “We have the …

Michigan Tech’s annual Homecoming Weekend starts today. This year’s theme is “Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming.” Things get started this afternoon as scores of Michigan Tech students brave the chilly waters of the Portage Canal, testing their knowledge of fluid dynamics while risking both hypothermia and humiliation in the …