You’ve owned your home for years. You apply for a loan or try to sell your house and find out that you can’t. Why? Because you don’t own it any more. Someone has fraudulently changed the name on the deed. “It happens more than you can imagine,” says Jennifer Kelly, Houghton County ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation into law June 3, making it illegal to use a cell phone or other mobile electronic device while operating a vehicle on Michigan roads. Under this distracted driving law, a driver cannot hold or support a phone or other device with any part of their ...

HOUGHTON — With the east section of the Lakeshore Drive parking deck already down, demolition is proceeding ahead of schedule, the Houghton City Council heard at its meeting Wednesday. Construction firm MJO expects to finish demolition by the end of July, Houghton Clerk Ann Vollrath said. ...

HOUGHTON — The results of the Hope Survey, conducted in the Copper Country earlier this year, were released on Wednesday. The results were presented in the form of two infographics. The survey, which was closed on April 15, 2023, was discussed during the public talk on mental health and ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY — The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced on Wednesday the closure of the snowmobile-only portion of Trail #3 up to Brockway Mountain in the Keweenaw Heartlands to traffic for the summer to ATV traffic. The June 28 release states the purpose of the closure is to protect the ...

LAURIUM — State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks today announced $2.7 million is being awarded to 12 Michigan municipalities to help fund infrastructure and public safety projects as a part of a grant program for municipalities experiencing budget pressures, including the village of Laurium, in ...