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Anonymous donor establishes endowments for two Calumet landmarks

HANCOCK — An anonymous donor has established endowments for two of Calumet Village’s historic landmarks. The Copper Country Firefighters Memorial Museum building and the Calumet Theatre building will have permanent sources of financial support. The endowments were established through the ...

Another meth sentencing

L’ANSE — A 40-year old Baraga County resident was sentenced in 12th Circuit Court in L’Anse to 51-85 months in prison Tuesday for the delivery of methamphetamine. Lawrence Rodney Dowd Jr. plead guilty to the meth-related charge. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dismissed the charge as a fourth habitual offense. According to media reporting, Dowd Jr. was on probation in Ontonagon County when he was arrested in Baraga County for methamphetamine delivery. In 2020, he was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle without a license. Judge Brittany Bulleit handed down the ...

Car crash in Dodgeville

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP – Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a personal injury crash on Main Street in Dodgeville on Saturday, after a motorist, reported to be driving at a high rate of speed, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into an apartment building. Houghton County ...

For one of their own

The Copper Country Community Band (CCCB) has “a big focus this year to put the ‘community’ in Community Band,” according to Co-Director Amy Johnson. “We’re consciously looking into how we can support everyone in the band to be able to make music and to have positive experiences, ...