HANCOCK — As the number of active COVID-19 cases strains the local health care system, in-person instruction at Houghton County K-12 schools and Gogebic Community College’s Houghton center will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department announced ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton employees will receive one-time $2,000 hazard pay bonuses in lieu of pay increases as part of agreements approved by the Houghton City Council Wednesday. The council approved memorandums of understanding with Department of Public Works employees, the police supervisory ...

HOUGHTON — In a normal year, Upper Peninsula veterans would have been headed to the nation’s capital Wednesday as part of the U.P. Honor Flight. Because of COVID-19, Wednesday’s flight, which would have been Mission 19 for the Honor Flight, was cancelled. So was the scheduled Mission ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton will not have its annual Treat Street this year, though regular Halloween night trick-or-treating will continue. The annual event draws thousands of people to Shelden Avenue in Houghton, which is closed to traffic for several hours as trick-or-treaters line up at local ...

HANCOCK — In a Wednesday email, Superintendent Steve Patchin stated that to date, four Hancock Public Schools students that have tested positive for COVID-19. No staff have tested positive. Currently, and no students have been identified as testing positive for COVID-19 at Barkell Elementary. ...

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 schools will move to online-only classes until Monday, Oct. 12. The decision means all high school sporting events during the two ...