HOUGHTON — The City of Houghton is actively working with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to address persistent traffic gridlock along a critical local traffic corridor. Houghton Police Chief John Donnelly confirmed the city is seeking a solution to the severe traffic ...
GREENLAND — One person is dead and one injured as the result of a weekend shooting incident in Ontonagon County. According to a press release from the Ontonagon County Sheriff's Office, a deputy was dispatched shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday in response to a report of a gunshot wound. The ...
HOUGHTON — Margaret Kempainen will not stand trial on Nov. 16 as originally scheduled.The 53-year-old Wisconsin woman is charged with homicide-open murder for her alleged role in the 2023 killing of her father-in-law Alvin Kempainen of Hancock Township. Margaret Kempainen's son Jacob ...
LAURIUM — Flu season is right around the corner and health officials and educators are bracing for the increased volume in sick patients — old and young — and advising residents to get vaccinated for this year’s flu strains. Aspirus Keweenaw Director of Nursing Darcy Donnelly said ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm 80. Over the past 26 years, I've had low blood platelet counts. (In 1998, one reading was 168,000, and in 2026, the reading was 117,000.) I have an enlarged spleen (16.1 centimeters), and I understand that this could account for my low platelet count. I do have tiny red ...
Dear Annie: This past July, my husband and I rented a house near us so our two daughters, their husbands and our grandchildren could all spend time together. Since everyone lives several states apart, we thought it would be a wonderful chance to reconnect and hopefully start a yearly family ...
