CALUMET – On Thursday, the Calumet Village Council held a Public Hearing focused on reviewing potential millage and a proposed budget for their Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 which starts March 1. The Village has five millages — Operating, Operating – Extra (an additional operating expense millage ...

EAGLE RIVER – At its regular February meeting, the Keweenaw County Board adopted a resolution regarding funding for a Keweenaw County Emergency and Essential Operation Center. The resolution is in cooperation with the Keweenaw County Road Commission (KCRC). Collaboration between the county ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday that her office will focus on childhood education and trying to put more money in Michanders’ pockets during her final year in office, proposals that will include lifelong literacy efforts, increased school funding and what she called the ...

HOUGHTON — A 34-year old Calumet man was sentenced to five years probation Wednesday after a 12th Circuit Court Judge granted a plea deal agreed upon in November. Raymond Reed-Vandam was charged in July with seven counts, including possession and distribution of child sexually abusive ...

ISHPEMING — Early on Wednesday morning, the city of Ishpeming released a statement that the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4573 building on Bank Street collapsed, prompting an evacuation of the downtown area. “The city of Ishpeming is responding to the collapse of the downtown VFW hall,” ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council opened its regular meeting Wednesday with a moment of silence in tribute to the late Mayor Bob Backon who passed away Feb. 15 at the age of 83. A short while later, the council elected someone who considered Backon a mentor, as his successor. Prior to the ...