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Flint Water Crisis Hearings Continue

Michigan Congressman Fred Upton will lead another congressional hearing this week regarding the Flint water crisis. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will meet Wednesday morning to hear more about the infrastructure issues in Flint and the long-term health implications of the lead contaminated water. Those expected to testify are …

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Bond Amended for Range Lounge Robbery Suspect

One of the suspects accused of robbing the Range Lounge in South Range last December is no longer in jail. The bond for 36-year-old Sasha Anderson of South Range was reduced in Houghton County Circuit Court from $5,000 cash to a $10,000 Personal Recognizance bond. A second suspect in the …

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Appeals Court Upholds Nassiri Murder Conviction

The Michigan State Court of Appeals has denied the request by Nima Nassiri to have his conviction of second degree murder overturned. In November 2014, Nassiri was sentenced in Houghton County Circuit Court to 20 to 40 years in prison for the beating death of his wife, Senaz Nezami, which occured …

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CopperBots Can/Bottle Drive To Help Pay For State Championships Trip

Calumet High School’s robotics team–the CopperBots–are heading to the First Robotics Competition State Championships, but they need your help to get there. To help pay for their trip to the competition in Grand Rapids, members of the team will be collecting recyclable cans tomorrow in Calumet and Laurium. They will …

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Skateboard Auction Held To Raise Money For Skatepark

In mid-2015 a group of community members in Houghton began publicly discussing the possibility of putting a skatepark in the city. So far the city has recognized a skatepark as being in the Master Plan as well as the Recreation Plan. Now it’s up to the community to make it …

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Five People Arrested In Atlantic Mine Drug Bust

Five people are in custody following a drug bust in Houghton County. A narcotics investigation led detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team Thursday to a house on First Avenue in Atlantic Mine. During a search of the residence, detectives seized 50 individual packets of heroin, 1.5 ounces of …

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Workshop Focuses On Rooting Out Causes Of Sexual Violence

A lot of attention is given to aiding victims of sexual violence.  But what if it could be stopped long before it ever happened? That was the focus of a workshop held Thursday at Michigan Tech. Senior Program Director for the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence Lisa …

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