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Trail restoration project celebrates completion

Supporters and partners joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources today in Houghton County to celebrate the reopening of a roughly 8-mile segment of snowmobile and off-road vehicle trail devastated by a historic storm in 2018. In what is likely the Michigan DNR’s largest trail ...

Glass recycling options, grant approval at Houghton City Council

HOUGHTON — Residents and city officials discussed the possibility of glass recycling or other reuse in Houghton at Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting. Ginny Hemmer of the Copper Country Recycling Initiative and Mary Kaminski spoke during public comment about adding a crusher ...

GS Engineering designer named Veteran of the Year

HOUGHTON — U.P. Michigan Works and Michigan Veterans’ Employment Services conducted a ceremony on Wednesday to recognize GS Engineering of Houghton for its dedication to employing military veterans, and to also present GS designer and employee, Stephen LaCourt, as Veteran of the Year. ...

Houghton council considers rezoning

HOUGHTON — After a recommendation from the Houghton Planning Commission Tuesday, the City Council scheduled a hearing for Dec. 20 to address the rezoning of several East Houghton properties near the edge of downtown, with conditions put upon potential development. Lots owned by Quality ...

Michigan sets clean energy targets

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040 in what is a pivotal test of the Democrats’ environmental goals in a state with a long-standing manufacturing legacy. Michigan will join four other states ...

White House not seeking conditions on military aid to Israel

WASHINGTON — National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told lawmakers this week that the White House is not seeking to place conditions on U.S. military assistance to Israel, days after President Joe Biden signaled openness to the notion that was being pushed by some Democrats as the civilian ...