GRAHAM JAEHNIG – The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners has adopted the Articles of Incorporation of the Keweenaw Heartlands Recreational and Natural Resources Authority. The Board unanimously adopted the articles at a scheduled special meeting Monday evening. The adoption allows for ...

HOUGHTON – On Friday, June 12, from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. the Portage Lake Lift Bridge will not lift for marine traffic, according to Dan Weingarten, communications representative with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). “MDOT has received permission to restrict lifts for boats ...

BARAGA — The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced pay rate increases of approximately $10,000 to new officer recruits at five Upper Peninsula facilities on Friday. The announcement comes as a part of the MDOC Safe Prison Initiative, a portion of it aims to increase recruitment ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Laws that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients are being considered once again in ...

HOUGHTON – Motorists will experience intermittent lane closures on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge from now until Thursday, according to Dan Weingarten, communications representative with the Michigan Department of Transportation. Weingarten said MDOT crews began routine bridge washing ...