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A Family Tradition!

HOUGHTON — A tradition spanning decades is once again ready to serve hundreds of Copper Country residents Friday. The Annual Matt and Pete Manderfield Memorial Barbecue starts at noon Friday at Houghton's Dee Stadium. Hungry event-goers can look forward to feasting on barbecued ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 34-year-old daughter who has lived with us all her life (except for maybe a year). She brought her freeloading boyfriend in. I had cancer at the time and they didn't even bother to do anything, so she ended up pregnant. I kicked her boyfriend out of the house after finding out he couldn't even take her to the hospital to have his baby. The baby brought such joy to our lives, but she works at a very part-time job, doesn't help around the house and stays in her room while we watch the boy. She wanted to get him a dog, so we helped her. If we were to ...

Twisters in the UP

ESCANABA -- At least three tornadoes touched down in the Upper Peninsula during a weather event July 20, the National Weather Service reported Friday. One was at Delta County's O.B. Fuller Park; the other two were in Marquette and Menominee counties. The conditions on the evening of July 20 ...

UTV Fatality

MENOMINEE — The Menominee County Sheriff's Office released a statement about a fatal UTV accident which occurred in Menominee Township on Tuesday evening, resulting in one fatality. "At approximately 7:52 p.m. (CDT) on Tuesday, July 21, Menominee County Sheriff Deputies were notified of the accident, which occurred south of the intersection of County Road 577 and Birch Creek #6 Road," read the statement, reported by Sheriff Darrin Kudwa. "Deputies arrived on scene to find a single-vehicle UTV accident, with one occupant ejected from the vehicle with significant traumatic injuries. ...

Early voting underway

HANCOCK — Early voting for this year’s primary election is underway thru Aug. 2 at HOCO Arena in Hancock. Registered voters in Houghton County can vote early from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sunday. County Clerk Jennifer Kelly said there are many benefits to voting early at HOCO. “It’s ...

Helping someone in need

ADAMS TOWNSHIP – A 22 year-old Atlantic Mine woman, Savannah Johnson, was brutally attacked on the morning of Monday, June 15, 2026, while staying staying with her mother’s sister at a home in Wilmington, North Carolina. According to her family, she suffered fractures in her neck and back, ...