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Five local graduates honored with Hockey is Life scholarship

HANCOCK — The Copper Country Oldtimers doled out five scholarships this year to area high school graduates looking to take the next step in their lives by going to college. Hancock’s Max Heinonen and Mallory Sporalski, along with Houghton’s Chloe Serafin, Jace DeForge, and Ethan Hainault ...

Copper Country Family Dentistry outpaces Keweenaw Chevy 10-8

SOUTH RANGE — In Portage Lake Little League Majors action Thursday, Copper Country Family Dentistry jumped out to a 5-4 lead and kept it through six. They downed Keweenaw Chevy, 10-8. Back-to-back base hits by Family Dentistry's Levi Nordstrom and Landon Kinnunen put two on to start the ...

Making history

HOUGHTON — They have not won a game yet, but that is not slowing down the Houghton Football Club’s U14 select girls team, which is in the process of completing its first season as a team. While they have managed to earn some draws, coach Pasi Lautala is really proud of how far the club has ...

Women’s Copper Country Softball roundup

LAKE LINDEN — Gold Standard earned their second win of the season with a 6-1 victory over Northern Wishes at the Boneyard on Wednesday. The ladies jumped out to a 3-0 first inning and never looked back. Ashlyn Steves opened the game with a base hit and scored. She was followed by Emily ...

Chase Pietila named Academic All-District

HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech Huskies defenseman Chase Pietila has been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District Men's At-Large team. The honor is selected by College Sports Communicators to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the ...