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dkarnosky@mininggazette.com Picture courtesy of Copper Country ISD Career & Technical Education CCISD CTE Construction Technology student Derek Bastion, a junior from Hancock High School, nails siding on the new announcer’s booth going to the Houghton County Fairgrounds horse ring. HANCOCK — The Copper Country ISD Career and Technical Education (CTE) Construction Technology class worked with the Houghton County Fair Board and the Timber Trails Riding Club to put together the new announ...

ENTERPRISE — The Enterprise City Council received an update on the city’s search for a new police chief, Monday, Jan. 11, as well as saw new officials sworn in and former officials honored. City Administrator Lacey McQuead reminded the council the police chief’s position was reopened Jan. 4 after the city rescinded an offer to Seaside Police Chief David Ham. The new search for a chief will be “open until closed,” rather than having a deadline for applications. McQuead a...

A vibrant and multifaceted antidote to cabin fever is launching Friday in downtown Canton in the form of Illumination: Canton Light Festival, a free, family-friendly and mostly outdoors event. Open from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 27, Illumination will offer visitors self-guided attractions at eight locations:  A projection-mapping experience with music on the outdoor plaza of the Cultural Center for the Arts, along with an additional light and sound environment inside the ...

Michaels body was burned. today hes recovering at home. michael recently went to josies bedside hoping to encourage her. joining us are helda rattly, rick freeman, josies attorney and valerie brewer, shes michael brewers mother. lets check with hilda. how is josie doing? >> shes pretty much the same, i would say. shes got a little cough going. we dont know if thats coming actually from her. she has her -- a couple times her legs may shiver, so those are the only things. >> shes still in induced ...

Theres josie as josie. theres josie after the attack. hilda, can you figure out, in all of your imagination, what prompted someone to do this to your daughter? >> no, i cant. i cant picture anybody want to harm josie, because josie is a loving child. shes very, very caring, very caring. shes a generous girl. she gets along with everybody. i dont know why anybody would want to hurt her. >> larry: have you seen the text messages that were sent to her threatening her? >> not at all. >> larry: have ...

Audience a picture of josie before the attack. heres what she looked like after the attack. we warn you that this might be difficult to see. theres josie as josie. theres josie after the attack. hilda, can you figure out, in all of your imagination, what prompted someone to do this to your daughter? >> no, i cant. i cant picture anybody want to harm josie, because josie is a loving child. shes very, very caring, very caring. shes a generous girl. she gets along with everybody. i dont know why an...

Basically prohibit it until theyre turned over to the defense attorneys. >> larry: is she going to recover fully, rick? >> well, the doctors are basically right now talking about its a 24 hour by 24 hour thing. every single day, we hope that something positive happens and eventually, they will take her out of the induced coma and then hopefully, she wakes up and hopefully her smile will be there like the picture shows, but the truth of the matter is, we just dont know. >> larry: considering the ...

>> they have three in custody at this time. >> larry: they spilled alcohol on your boy and set fire to him? >> yes, sir. >> larry: and you pray for them? >> yes. >> larry: rick, what is going on at that school? >> the sheriff talked about it last week. and he said that, you know, we cant keep locking up every single juvenile and throw away the key. weve got to do something before it happens, and he said, what can we do about it? it was kind of a howard beal moment, im as mad as hell and i dont w...

Josies mother, rick freeman, josies attorney, and valerie brewer. lets check with hilda. how is josie doing? >> shes pretty much the same, i would say. shes got a little cough going. we dont know if thats coming actually from her. she has her -- a couple times her legs may shiver, so those are the only things. >> shes still in induced coma, larry. she has been so for seven days ever since the incident. the doctors arent going to take her out of the induced coma until the swelling on her brain go...

I pray for them everyday. as long as -- with their mothers and their father, their families, i pray for all of them. my son and anybody thats involved with this. >> larry: how many boys were involved? >> they have three in custody at this time. >> larry: they spilled alcohol on your boy and set fire to him? >> yes, sir. >> larry: and you pray for them? >> yes. >> larry: rick, what is going on at that school? >> the sheriff talked about it last week. and he said that, you know, we cant keep locki...