HOUGHTON — The Hodge Building has a new owner. The Houghton City Council approved the sale of the building to Portage Land Company, LLC at 902 College Ave. at its meeting Wednesday. Portage also bought sites east of the Hodge building that had been owned by Gregg Nominelli. In ...

Local community members gathered under Michigan Tech’s Alumni Way arch on June 12 for a Pride Parade. They celebrated Pride Month, and honored the lives lost during the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, the anniversary of which coincided with the Pride Parade. The shooting took place on June ...

BARAGA — The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community received 760 acres of Baraga County forestland from The Nature Conservancy at a ceremony Wednesday. The land is within the boundaries established in the 1842 treaty that created the reservation. TNC purchased the land in 2021 from a local owner. ...

L’ANSE — The L’Anse Village Council approved the budget and millage rates for the coming year Monday night. General fund expenditures for the coming year are $1,548,589, versus revenues of $1,675,683. Projects for the year will include finishing up work connected to a Department of ...

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) and Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel are warning Michiganders to be aware of fake social media accounts and web pages asking for information that could be used for identity theft or financial gain.  In a press release on June ...

L’ANSE — A decision on who will pave the parking lot of the Baraga County Sheriff’s Department and jail will wait while county commissioners get more information. Two companies submitted bids for the project. The Payne & Dolan bid came in at $79,200, while Bacco Construction’s ...