MOHAWK – The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners heard from residents and non-residents alike on the question of zoning at an informal public hearing in the gymnasium of the Horizons Alternative High School in Mohawk Monday evening. “The Board moved to have an informational meeting for ...
CALUMET — Representatives from the Pure Michigan Byway Program, Keweenaw Heartlands, the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition and Brockway Mountain Drive will give updates on current projects at the Copper Country Scenic Byway Annual Symposium from 2-4:30 p.m., Tuesday at Keweenaw National ...
ESCANABA — A woman from Escanaba has been sentenced after an investigation uncovered 20 animals living in her home, which was subsequently condemned. Jessica Lynn Wellman, 45, was sentenced in Delta County District Court on Tuesday by Judge Steve Parks. Wellman pleaded guilty to one ...
COPPER HARBOR – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will deliver a check for $1,937,000 to Grant Township today, completing the commercial forest withdrawal fee required to transfer approximately 10,000 acres of remote northern forest into public ownership by the end of the year. Because public ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP — An armed standoff lasting several hours Tuesday ended with one person taken into custody. On Wednesday, 40-year-old Andrey Vladimirovich Petrov, appeared in Houghton County 97th District Court. Petrov is charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting/obstructing. He ...
HOUGHTON — At last week’s regular meeting of Houghton City Council, Sargent Jason Tormala received council approval to become the new School Resource Officer for Houghton-Portage Township Schools (HPTS). Tormala aims to continue the new policy of having a school resource officer at HPTS, ...
