HOUGHTON — Some of the top snowboarders in the Midwest will converge on Huron Street in Houghton Saturday for a night of crowd-pleasing jumps, flips and other tricks. The Jibba Jabba rail jam event is back for a second year after a 10-year layoff. Beginning at 6 p.m., the competition ...
HOUGHTON — A Chassell man pleaded guilty to charges of downloading child pornography in Houghton County Circuit Court Friday. Kyle Britz, 20, was arrested in 2022 after a Michigan State Police investigation stemming from a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ...
HANCOCK — “You either love it or you hate it,” Brita Hepokoski explained. The senior graphic design student at the Career & Tech Center in Hancock falls onto the side of loving saunas, and she brings this passion for the Finnish wellness tradition to her work on the logo and event ...
ADAMS TOWNSHIP — Three people were injured Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Adams Township, including two drivers who had to be extricated from their vehicles. The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. on M-26 near Erickson Drive, when a vehicle traveling northbound on M-26 collided with a vehicle traveling in the southbound lane, the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. The driver of the northbound vehicle, a 17-year-old girl, was entrapped in the vehicle. She and her 17-year-old passenger were transported to U.P. Health System - Portage for treatment. Also entrapped ...
HOUGHTON — Copper Country police and firefighters will renew their annual rivalry on the ice for a good cause Friday night in Houghton. The Pigs ’N Heat hockey game and fundraiser will take place 7 p.m. Friday at the MacInnes Ice Arena, with doors opening an hour earlier. Proceeds go ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Board approved a $45,000 permanent working capital loan to a startup roofing company in the area Tuesday. Peak Metal Roofing Products is a metal roof and siding manufacturer located on Quincy Hill. The Peak Metal Roofing project is expected to create two ...
