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Special education needs increase in Copper Country

As Michigan grapples with a state-wide teacher and instructor shortage, Upper Peninsula schools are especially suffering in their Special Education departments. Special education is used for children who may have mental or physical disabilities, and so need specialized learning plans. “Having a disability and having an individualized education program is no different than needing glasses or needing high blood pressure medication,” Sarah Dandelet, a Special Education Teacher at Horizons Alternative High School, told TV6 News. “Or needing to take insulin, stuff for diabetes, in my ...

Council approves bid for new village hall roof

CALUMET — The Calumet Village Council last week approved a motion to accept the bid from Copper Range Roofing for replacement of the roof of the Village Hall. The bid is for the amount of $112,450, with a required 50% deposit upon signing the contract. The project is fully funded by a grant ...

Laurium man arrested on Jan. 6 charges

MARQUETTE — A Laurium man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, made his initial court appearance in federal court Wednesday. Adam Mancuso appeared in U.S. District Court in Marquette. The criminal complaint was unsealed Thursday afternoon in the case, which had been filed Aug. 23. The FBI first received a tip about Mancuso six days after the event, notifying them of Facebook selfies he took inside and outside the Capitol building. They matched the Hatchetman logo hat he wore in the footage, an emblem used by the Michigan rap group Insane Clown ...

Baraga Township: Pelkie tanker repair cost lower than expected

Baraga Township held its rescheduled monthly August board meeting Wednesday. The meeting began with a report from Dick Haagsma of the Pelkie Fire Department, who had just repaired its 3,000-gallon tanker which was out of commission since before the Baraga County Fair. The department knew ...

$1.25M preservation investment

HANCOCK — The Quincy Mine Hoist Association, on Wednesday, received notification of the latest grant award from the Department of the Interior for continued work on the 1918 Hoist House. In an email Friday, Quincy Hoist Executive Director Tom Wright said this round of work will finish all ...

‘A whole other level of stress,’ says Hill

BARAGA — On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, officers and supporters from three prisons in the Upper Peninsula held pickets to inform the public of the current dangers they face inside their workplaces with an emphasis on understaffing. State lawmakers from the Upper Peninsula stood in ...