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Baraga County EDC to partner with KBIC

BARAGA — The Baraga County Economic Development Corporation announced a new partnership with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community at the end of an annual update Wednesday at the Ojibwa Casino. “This collaborative effort establishes the first true public-private-tribal partnership in Baraga ...

Makeover at Maasto Hiihto & Churning rapids trail system

The Swedetown Gorge trail, a section of the Maasto Hiihto/Churning rapids trail system that crisscrosses Swedetown Creek, was reopened Tuesday afternoon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The gorge was devastated in the Father’s Day flood of 2018 knocking out several bridges and altering ...

Fire prevention week

The U.S. Fire Administration — an agency of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, reports that in 2021, fire departments responded to an estimated 170,000 cooking fires, which caused 135 deaths, 3,000 injuries and more than $494 million in property loss. This data is why The National ...

Marin enters guilty plea

HOUGHTON — A Hancock man arrested as part of a multi-agency child sex sting operation in July pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Tuesday. Juan Marin, 47, pleaded guilty to attempting to accost a minor for immoral purposes, a two-year high-court misdemeanor, during a hearing in Houghton ...

Bulleit: Prosecutor candidates interviews underway

HOUGHTON — 12th Circuit Court Judge Brittany Bulleit is interviewing three candidates for the vacant Houghton County prosecutor position this week, she said at Tuesday’s Houghton County Board meeting. Paul LaBine, who was appointed to the position in July, resigned from the position last ...

Houghton Fall Fest brings seasonal delights downtown

HOUGHTON — Houghton held its second annual Fall Fest on the pier in downtown Saturday afternoon. The day featured hay wagon rides along the waterfront, face painting, free donuts and other fun activities. On a brisk fall day, turnout was more of a “slow trickle in,” but still made ...