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Flooding closes Delta airport

ESCANABA — Travelers who booked flights through the Delta County Airport, in Escanaba, have been forced to make other arrangements due to recent flooding. As of Wednesday, runways at the Delta County Airport were closed to air traffic after experiencing what Airport Manager Ashleigh Young ...

Cuts hamper invasive species efforts

MARQUETTE — A $1.2 million decline in state grant funding to combat invasive species is challenging conservation organizations to rethink how they protect forests, waterways and communities. Michigan awarded $2.4 million in grant funding for invasive species control in 2026, down from $3.6 ...

Telling the story

HOUGHTON COUNTY — Children’s author and online educator, Annette Gendler is visiting the Keweenaw today and tomorrow. She make an appearance tonight at Temple Jacob in Hancock, and at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton Friday. Gendler is the author of “Natalie and the Nazi ...

Combining resources

CALUMET TOWNSHIP – Officials in Calumet Township and the villages of Calumet and Laurium are continuing their efforts to consolidate their fire departments into one authority. At the December, 2025 Village Council meeting, Laurium Village Manager Ian Lewis submitted proposed Articles of ...

Calumet cave in

CALUMET – The 300 block of Fifth Street in downtown Calumet was temporarily closed to traffic Monday evening after a garage attached to the south wall of the former Thurner bakery building, located at 315 collapsed. The Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded when the collapse was ...

Showing off

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University hosted its Design Expo on Tuesday in the Memorial Union Ballroom and the Van Pelt and Opie Library. It featured first-year, senior design and enterprise teams as well as an image contest. This year's Design Expo featured cash awards totaling ...