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Wakefield Man Arrested

BESSEMER — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force announced the arrest of a man from Wakefield, for aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material. George Hilty, 41, was arrested following an investigation which ...

Calumet holds public hearing

CALUMET – The Calumet Village Council held the public hearing Monday prompted by the council's unanimous passage of a resolution of intent to vacate a portion of 9th Street. The action was taken at the Council's April meeting. Conversation around this potential vacating started back in ...

Request denied

KEWEENAW COUNTY – The Keweenaw County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) has again denied Eagle Inns, better known as Fitzgerald’s Hotel and Restaurant, a variance request for a three-foot setback, an issue that dates back approximately four years. Eagle Inns is owned by the LaMotte family and ...

Negotiations continue

HANCOCK — The Hancock School Public Library (HSPL) is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The district's Board of Education meeting Monday drew supporters of the library, many of whom spoke during the public comment period. The school board and Portage Lake District Library, which ...

Now open

CALUMET TOWNSHIP – Douglass Houghton Falls is once again open to the public, although portions of it remain under construction. Now a state park, its official name is Houghton-Douglass Falls and Veterans Memorial Scenic Site. Located one and a half miles north of Lake Linden on M-26, the ...

Judge halts some work on Line 5 reroute in Wisconsin

WASHBURN, WI — Canadian energy firm Enbridge can keep building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin except in waterways where the company needs additional permits, a Bayfield County, Wisconsin judge ruled Friday. The decision is largely a win for Enbridge ...