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Microsoft outage hits home

HOUGHTON — Microsoft said Friday that the outage that began Thursday affected a wide range of Microsoft 365 offerings that interact with its Exchange Online and email services. Services including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot were reported by users to be down. Microsoft said ...

Creole for Kidz

HOUGHTON — Hailing all the way from Lafayette, Louisiana, two-time Grammy Award Winner Terrance Simien and his band the Zydeco Experience visited the Rozsa Center Thursday morning to entertain Copper Country kids and teach them about zydeco music with their “Creole for Kidz” show. Simien ...

The future is here

CHASSELL — A balance between existing and thriving is something Mike Gaunt had said he always dreamed of. Now, six months into his tenure as a Yarbo equipment dealer, Gaunt is trying to spread his dream to the people of the Western Upper Peninsula and beyond. Gaunt lives in Chassell. He ...

Fatal hit and run in South Range

SOUTH RANGE — A crash on Wednesday evening involving a vehicle and a pedestrian resulted in the death of a 69-year-old South Range man. The vehicle and driver involved have not yet been identified. Public assistance is being requested to help identify the driver and/or vehicle involved. ...

Keranen speaks!

HOUGHTON — Houghton County Commissioner Joel Keranen, District 2, broke his long-standing silence on the county’s defeated jail millage during Board of Commissioners November regular meeting Tuesday evening. Keranen, delivered an extended statement criticizing the board majority’s ...

Anderson responds

HOUGHTON — Houghton County Commissioner Glenn Anderson responded to proposals to sell county-owned properties to fund a new jail, stating that liquidating those assets would trigger costly state and federal grant repayments. Anderson’s remarks followed a statement from Commissioner Joel ...