ISLE ROYALE -- National Park Service officials have announced the launch of the Isle Royale Heritage Alliance, a new effort to advance coordinated protection and improvement of Isle Royale National Park's historic structures — approximately 90 cabins, 19 fishery buildings and four ...
HANCOCK — The Western U.P. Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) has developed and launched a new website to tackle the affordable housing crisis in the Western U.P. — westernuphousing.org. Regional Planner Lisa McKenzie was the lead developer on the project and said affordable housing ...
HOUGHTON – While the Houghton County Board of Commissioners and its jail committee continue to pursue approval of millage to fund a new jail, public comments suggest voters lack adequate information on the issue. The Houghton County Jail Committee published a post on July 19 discussing a county jail closure in 1961, necessitating transfer of all prisoners to Marquette and Baraga and incurring for the County exorbitant costs for housing and processing of prisoners. One responder to the post is a common sentiment among many voters: “Start housing them in the church,” the commenter ...
HOUGHTON – The Houghton County Jail Committee is conducting a meeting/ work session today at 4 p.m. in the Conference Room, on the 5th floor of the Houghton County Courthouse. The meeting was initially scheduled for July 20, but was postponed. There are several goals for the meeting. The ...
HANCOCK — A dream may have just appeared out of thin air for a local performer. Drew Cramer was a finalist in the first annual Michigan Air Guitar Exhibition (MAGE) last month in Hancock during Juhannus. A video of him and another finalist, Marquette resident Tony Wallets, made its way to ...
HANCOCK — After more than three decades of managing the Copper Country Community Arts Center, Founding Director Cynthia Coté stepped down recently, passing the reigns to Bonnie Loukas as the center's new executive director. Coté said she is taking time in her retirement to focus on her ...
