L’ANSE — The Village of L’Anse has been awarded a $700,000 federal grant to reconstruct and expand its commercial waterfront, a project the village manager said will establish a major regional maritime shipping hub. The structural funding is to rehabilitate the K-Port Facility on ...
HOUGHTON — The Michigan Public Service Commission held its regular meeting Thursday at the MUB Ballroom at Michigan Technological University. The commission approved rate increases for two major gas suppliers in the State of Michigan, including SEMCO Energy. SEMCO will increase its rates ...
Dear Annie: I've been married only a few short years. My husband and I used to go out and have fun; we'd do things like day trips to the beach or going out to eat, just to get out of the house. Over the past few years, he has decided that his favorite pastime is sitting on the sofa. If I ...
HOUGHTON — Fire crews made steady containment progress Wednesday on multiple wildfires burning across rugged Upper Peninsula terrain, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced. As of Thursday, DNR fire crews are managing three active blazes: the Craig Lake Fire, the ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council has approved facade grant applications from four downtown business. The applications were approved last month by the Downtown Development Authority. The grant money allocated represented 50% of the estimated total cost for each project. In total, the ...
THOMPSON — Michigan State Police (MSP) say a man has been arrested after allegedly threatening another person with a gun and firing shots at a vehicle, in the central Upper Peninsula. According to a MSP press release, shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, troopers from the Manistique and ...
