HOUGHTON — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the community, residents will have an opportunity for free testing Saturday at Michigan Technological University. The free drive-up testing will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gates Tennis Center at 600 MacInnes Drive. ...
HOUGHTON – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) announces that it has partnered with the Michigan National Guard (MING) to provide a free community wide COVID-19 test site. The drive-thru event will be held this Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Gates Tennis ...
LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer took further action to save lives and protect the health and safety of Michiganders by extending the State of Emergency until Oct. 27 at 11:59 p.m. Executive Order 2020-186 will allow the state to continue to mobilize resources and take the reasonable and ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University announced Monday it would end much of its face-to-face instruction and athletic activities for a week starting Wednesday, making it the latest academic institution to curtail activities in an effort to stop the community spread of COVID-19 in Houghton County. ...
HANCOCK — On Friday, Superintendent Steve Patchin sent out an email outlining the details of returning to blended learning and meal pickups, in Lansing, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-185, requiring all students in K-7 to wear a face covering in classrooms. Patchin ...
For more than 10 days now, several residents of Cole’s Creek Road have had no running water in their homes. “Still in the same boat, no water,” said Sheila Peltier, a 30-year resident on the road. She and her husband have been hauling refillable jugs of water from her ...