MARQUETTE — Firefighting just got a lot more efficient for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Two Fire Boss aircraft, each capable of scooping up to 800 gallons of water from a lake in just 15 seconds, have been added to the MDNR firefighting fleet this season. The planes, leased ...
HOUGHTON – The city of Houghton announced is closing a short section of East Lakeshore Drive to through traffic as condominium foundation work on the Gateway Project began. A construction fence will shift north to allow bank site work to continue. City Manager Eric Waara said the closure is ...
HOUGHTON — The City of Houghton celebrated its Bird City designation by hosting Spring on the Wing, an avian-focused event Saturday at the Houghton Pier. The event saw several environmental organizations manning tables, including Keweenaw Land Trust, Keweenaw Invasive Species Management ...
HOUGHTON — Police responded to a two-vehicle accident on the US-41/M-26 exchange Thursday morning. There was property damage from a rear-end collision but no injuries, police said. Colloquially referred to as the “Yooper Loop,” the exchange has drivers from north and southbound US-41 ...
BARAGA — Two students from Phillip Latendresse Elementary School in Baraga have qualified invited to participate in the Invention Convention National Competition next month in downstate Dearborn. Adelyn Wilson and Allie Johnston’s project, “Magic Footsteps,” was presented in the state ...
KEWEENAW COUNTY – Brockway Mountain Drive remains closed to vehicle traffic, the Keweenaw County Road Commission announced Thursday morning, adding the popular scenic drive will remain closed indefinitely. The KCRC says because of the severity of the winter, an excessive number of trees ...
