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Going Forward

By BEN GARBACZ bgarbacz@mininggazette.com The Houghton-Portage Township School Board approved a series of bonds that will fund upgrades to school facilities. In November, voters passed a $23 million bond issue by around 30 votes. The bonds will be stretched out to 2031. “For a school to ...

Up from the ashes

SOUTH RANGE — The village of South Range has much to boast in terms of recent growth and looking forward. George Eakin, president of Village of South Range, provided an update on a local developer's plans to create commercial space, housing, retail space and potentially a drive-through ...

Bergman part of bipartisan bill to prevent Postal Service downsizing

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet and MI-01) and Nikki Budzinski D-Illinois, introduced a bipartisan bill, the Protect Postal Performance Act, to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from downsizing facilities in underserved areas, provide more oversight over ...

Great Lakes Fishing Decree Stands

A federal appeals court ruling means the latest version of the Great Lakes Fishing Decree will stand. The decree deals with the allocation, management, and regulation of certain parts of the Great Lakes governed by the 1836 Treaty of Washington. Under that treaty, Ottawa and Chippewa nations ...