Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is happy to announce the Volunteer Emergency Services grant is back for 2024 and the request for proposal is now open. The $50,000 grant opportunity provides funding to volunteer emergency services in Copper Shores’ four-county service area that ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council approved its fiscal year 2023 audit during a short meeting Wednesday night. The audit by Anderson, Tackman & Co. was clean, indicating the financial statements are in order, said City Manager Eric Waara. “It’s a pretty boring audit, which is the way you like those,” he said. The city’s tax base and net positions increased, while fund balances also went up. The city’s combined fund balances were at $5,475,330 at the end of June, up nearly $2.4 million over the previous fiscal year. Houghton’s total net position grew by 12% to ...
KEWEENAW COUNTY — At its regular monthly meeting on Jan. 9, the Keweenaw County Road Commission approved a petition to abandon the right of way of a strip of Front Street, in Eagle River, with conditions, said Greg Kingstrom, KCRC engineer and general manager. The conditions are that approval is also needed from Houghton Township and Keweenaw County Zoning Department. Once those conditions are satisified, said Kingstrom, the KCRC will execute the abandonment proceedings. The abandonment is not all-inclusive, however. “We’re not abandoning the entire street,” Kingstrom said, ...
EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County has been awarded a $50,000 Rural Readiness Grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Rural Prosperity for a County Emergency Operations Center, Sheriff Curt Pennala announced in a Thursday morning release. The Keweenaw ...
ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP — Allouez Township is facing several challenges after the Board accepted without comment the resignation of Becky Butala as Township Clerk at its regular January meeting Wednesday evening. Butala stepped down from the position during a special meeting of the Board on Monday in response to criticism stemming from delays in completing the 2023 Township audit as a result of the township’s inaccurate financial record-keeping. During the Wednesday meeting, the Board found itself hampered in its ability to conduct routine matters, such as paying bills, without a clerk. ...
HOUGHTON — Registration and nominations are now open for the Keweenaw Community SparkPlug Awards Dinner, which will be held Thursday, March 21, at the Memorial Union Ballroom in Houghton. The Keweenaw Community SparkPlug Awards is a celebration that recognizes local businesses, ...
