HOUGHTON — Despite a projected winter storm warning and turbulent wind conditions it was business as usual last weekend for most businesses and essential services in Houghton and Hancock as many businesses and services remained open despite forecasts that caused the closure of area schools ...

HOUGHTON — The sentencing of Jacob Kempainen in Houghton County Circuit, scheduled for Monday, was postponed due to the closure of the Houghton County Courthouse because of blizzard conditions. In December, the 22-year old Kempainen pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder for his role in the Dec. ...

MACKINAC ISLAND — At 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, Jason St. Onge, Chief of the Mackinac Island Fire Department, was notified that a man was lost on the ice. Onge immediately sounded an alarm for Fire and EMS and notified the U.S. Coast Guard. A cell phone ping was received from the man who was ...

HANCOCK — When George Stockero was hired as the Copper Country Intermediate School District superintendent in 2014, the CCISD began searching for ways to expand its Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. There were several reasons for this. Among them was a significant lack of locally ...

STANTON TOWNSHIP – A woman from Wisconsin was hospitalized as a result of a weekend snowmobile accident in rural Houghton County. At 1:39 p.m. Saturday, Michigan State Police (MSP) at the Calumet Post responded to a call regarding a snowmobile crash near Toivola. MSP Sergeant Russell ...