HOUGHTON — The City of Houghton has been awarded a Certificate of Achievement by the State of Michigan Tax Commission for earning a perfect score on the 2025 PA 660 Assessment Audit Review. According to a press release from the city, this recognition highlights Houghton’s commitment to ...

ESCANABA — After months of bed bug complaints, management at the Harbor Tower Apartments has secured a new pest control company to try to get rid of the problem at the subsidized 18-story housing complex in Escanaba. An Orkin affiliate in Green Bay has been hired to do the job, particularly ...

NEGAUNEE — A lower Michigan man died early Saturday afternoon in a snowmobile accident in the eastern Upper Peninsula. State Police at the St. Ignace post were called out just before 1 p.m. Saturday regarding a snowmobile crash on Bay City Lake Road near Trail 47 in Mackinac County's Clark ...

HOUGHTON – The recent snowy weather is shaping up to be good for local business. With more than 700 miles of snowmobile trails across Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties, and hundreds of miles of cross-country ski trails, along with downhill skiing at Mt. Ripley, Mt. Bohemia and ...

CARACAS, VENEZUELA — A tense calm hung over Venezuela Sunday after the U.S. military operation that deposed President Nicolás Maduro, who was brought to New York to face criminal charges. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would “run” the South American country and tap its vast oil ...

IRON COUNTY — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Iron Mountain Post is requesting the public’s help in locating an adult male and an adult female who are missing. MSP is working to locate the couple and verify their wellbeing. The missing subjects are 32-year-old Paige Nichols and 46-year-old ...