Houghton County schools closing to quell COVID-19 spread
The Western U.P. Health Department announced Thursday evening Houghton County schools are closing for two weeks starting Monday. During that time, the WUPHD said ...
MSU Extension holiday support program for caregivers
MSU Extension is offering a FREE on-line series entitled Powerful Tools for Caregivers for six consecutive Tuesdays starting Nov.17, from 1 to ...
Volleyball: Houghton sweeps Ishpeming before COVID-19 pause
Volleyball: Ontonagon tops Lakes, 3-1
LAKE LINDEN — Despite winning the first set Thursday night, the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes struggled to keep pace with the Ontonagon Gladiators, ...
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Annual depressions worsened by weather change
Fall in the Copper Country can be a rough time for many. The weather gets colder, the days get shorter, and people may start feeling down unexplainably. The ...
Candlelight vigil held for RBG
HOUGHTON — “Be like Ruth! Be like Ruth!” The cry came up from about 50 people who held a candlelight vigil in downtown Houghton Sunday ...
A shining city?
To the editor: The waves of social unrest that we are witnessing may briefly subside, but they’re not going away; nor, should they. While some of us are ...
Party of one
Whose truth?
Stars and Stripes works hard to serve military
Some in the military brass may have applauded news a few weeks ago that Stars and Stripes, the newspaper circulated worldwide to members of the U.S. armed forces, ...
The Census is important
Displeasure with gov’t is normal
Time to wake up, accept COVID is here
There was a point in time this summer where I was speaking with a local parent. He told me that the Coronavirus was not here, so sporting events could go on as ...
