EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County is set to begin a construction project of installing an elevator in the Courthouse during the second week of January. On Dec. 15, 2023, the Board of Commissioners conducted a special meeting to open bids for the project, which has been a topic of discussion and ...

Planning to vote absentee or early next year? Pay attention. The voting law has changed in Michigan, and if you don’t follow the new guidelines, you may not be able to vote. In 2022, Michigan voters passed a referendum known as Proposal 2. It makes two significant changes to the voting law, ...

The body of a missing 80-year-old Painesdale, Adams Township, man was found Monday in Baraga County, according to the Houghton County Sheriff's Office. Authorities were seeking the public’s assistance in locating Francis Destrampe, who was last seen around midnight Saturday into Sunday ...

HOUGHTON — Police officers and the Houghton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 932 Dodge St. early Friday morning. According to a statement from the police department, the call was received at about 1:45 a.m. Upon arrival at the scene, Houghton Fire Department crews began ...

ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP — The state of Michigan Department of Treasury on Nov. 28 informed Allouez Township officials that the state will begin withholding revenue sharing funds to the township. The reason for the action, as stated in the letter, is because the township has not yet submitted its ...

HOUGHTON — Changes to Michigan’s solid waste statute were made at the end of December 2022. Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy formed a Materials Management Planning Work group (MMP Work group) that has been meeting for about a year. EGLE plans to utilize this ...