HANCOCK — The Hancock City Council is expected to approve the appointment of former city manager and current Houghton County Board of Commissioners member Glenn Anderson as a special project manager for the Navy Street Extension, a project aimed to connecting roads along the waterfront. At ...

HANCOCK – The 43-day government shutdown proompted a pause in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, SNAP provides important nutritional support for low-income working families, low-income older adults (60 ...

HANCOCK — McGann Building Supply’s zoning permit application was approved by the Hancock Planning Commission during its meeting on Monday. The application was made for revised plans which apply to a five foot setback according to Steve Walton of the Planning Commission. The five foot gap ...

WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post announced the recent promotion of a new sergeant. Sergeant James Gilmer has been a member of the MSP for more than twenty-five years prior to this promotion. Gilmer grew up in Bergland, Michigan, before his family moved to Ontonagon. ...

ESCANABA — Several Upper Peninsula lawmakers are seeking to rename a stretch of U.S. 41 in Menominee County to honor a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007: Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr., who was raised in Wilson and still has family in the area. Michigan House Bill No. 4351, introduced in April ...

HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech student volunteers will offer adults assistance with technological issues with their mobile devices and computers and will hold two informational workshops free of charge as part of Digital Help Day Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Portage Lake District Library. The students ...