HANCOCK — The Hancock City Police Department is warning motorists that they must obey road signs, rules and laws in the construction zone. “During the construction period, they have to follow the road signs,” Cpl. Robert Stites said. “Those road signs change every day as the ...
HOUGHTON — The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration reversed eight citations issued against Moyle related to asbestos work on the site of burned-down Shelden Avenue building, saying an incorrect company name had been provided to the inspector. Moyle had appealed the ...
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon Village leaders got a lot of advice about what to do with the old school on the Greenland Road, and are looking for even more input. A group of about 50 mostly village residents came to a town hall meeting Thursday, where Village Manager Joe Erickson, President Ken ...
HOUGHTON — This week’s rain and the impending Memorial Day weekend have pushed work on Lakeshore Avenue into next week, Houghton City Manager Eric Waara said at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. “There’ll be a lot of work here starting right after Memorial Day, and that’ll be ...
EAGLE RIVER — The Keweenaw County board, at its regular May meeting, unanimously approved the hiring of a new deputy road patrol, the position which was requested by Sheriff Bill Luokkanen at April’s monthly meeting. Because the Sheriff’s Office is the only law enforcement agency in the ...
HANCOCK — Copper Country Intermediate School District Board members were recently given copies of the Career and Technical Education “Success Stories” booklet. The booklet is a collection of stories from local community members who “got their start their start” in a high school CTE ...
BARAGA — More churches are asked to be part of a local rotating shelter set to open in the fall. The first of its kind here, Hope House now has a board of directors that recently approved articles of incorporation, bylaws and code of conduct. “For the past four or five months, I have ...
ONTONAGON — The scourge of meth is causing problems for the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office, for which it needs more staff to help address. Sheriff Dale Rantala said the jail staff has been busy lately, with three-quarters of inmates being meth users, who can often be violent and pose a ...
BARAGA — The Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. (UMERC) is moving forward with plans to build two new power generating stations in the Upper Peninsula as it awaits regulatory approval. Project Manager Terry Carroll said the proposed new facility in Baraga Township — along with another ...
RIPLEY — Mont Ripley is offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of people who started a fire at the top of the chairlift area earlier this month. Hill manager Nick Sirdenis said one of his ski patrollers was hiking on the weekend of May 8 and spotted the damage. The damage ...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. BRITAIN STEPS UP MILITARY PATROLS; PROBES ATTACKER’S LIBYA TIES British authorities work to piece together the allegiances of the Manchester suicide bomber and foil any new potential ...
HOUGHTON — Temperatures have been a little chilly recently, and the jet stream which passes over North America is to blame, according to David Petrovich. Petrovich, meteorologist with the National Weather Service at the Negaunee Township office, said for much of April and May, the jet ...
HOUGHTON — Trial dates have been set for two former Finlandia University students facing federal charges for allegedly stealing firearms from Northwoods Trading Post in December. Juan Pereyra and Alexander Santiago are charged with stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer and a related ...
HOUGHTON — Experiencing Superstorm Sandy from the deck of their 40-foot-steel sailing ship in 2012 made Mark and Katya Gordon believers in climate change. They docked the Amicus II in Houghton on Monday to give a presentation “Sea Change: Addressing Climate Change on Lake Superior” at ...
HANCOCK — Students from the Copper Country Intermediate School District’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program traveled to Traverse City at the end of April to participate in the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) State Leadership Conference, according to George Stockero, ...
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. EXPLOSION AT CONCERT BEING TREATED AS TERROR ATTACK The blast at an arena in northern England during an Ariana Grande show kills at least 19 people and injures ...
HOUGHTON – Armed Forces Day was greeted Saturday by Paul Smigowski of the Marine Corps League Keweenaw Detachment, No. 1016, at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Portage Township. Smigowski was at the cemetery to instruct volunteers in the proper way to place American flags on veterans’ graves. ...
HANCOCK — Whether they’re on the swings, playing volleyball or walking along the water, people who come to Hancock Beach this summer should notice a better beach. Superior AmeriCorps members and others from the community participated in a cleanup of the beach Saturday morning and ...
LAKE LINDEN — Lake Linden could be better able to recruit part-time officers for the busier summer months. The Village Council Thursday approved Chief Thomas Rosemurgy’s request to pay $18 an hour to part-time officers through the end of the fiscal year. Rosemurgy said Lake Linden ...
ONTONAGON — For members of the Ontonagon High School Gladiator Robotics team, getting assistance from other teams helped them move through the FIRST robotics competitions to the world competition in St. Louis, Missouri, according to Jon Ollila. Ollila, who is assistant coach of the ...