HOUGHTON — Houghton County will create a work group to evaluate how large a new jail should be. Commissioners approved the creation of the group at their monthly meeting Wednesday. The task force had been suggested by Tom Cremonte, a risk consultant with Michigan Municipal Risk ...

HANCOCK — An anonymous Hancock resident is covering the cost of the Hancock Fire Department’s new helmets. Hancock Fire Chief Bill Lepisto announced the $10,000 donation at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. At a budget hearing last month, Lepisto announced a budget of $23,782 for the ...

MARQUETTE — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced Wednesday that his office has filed federal charges against Dylan Kenneth Wagner, 29, of Grand Rapids, MI; Jason Arden Allard, 28, of Macomb, MI; and Scott Warren Allard, 30, of Clinton Township, MI. The men ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY — The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition is conducting its Keweenaw Clean-Up on Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Individuals, groups and organizations are invited to the event. The focus will be on the trails and roads around the Keweenaw. The starting point ...

COVINGTON TOWNSHIP — Baraga County board members held a ribbon-cutting Wednesday to celebrate preserving more than 1,000 acres of land near Covington for public use. The county worked with the Superior Watershed Partnership to purchase the 1,184-acre parcel with the assistance of a $2.7 ...

By GARRETT NEESE gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — Two local high school robotics teams traveled to Houston last month to compete among the top teams in the world. Houghton High School’s Superior 857 Roboworks team and Ontonagon Gladiator Robotics 6569 both competed in the FIRST ...