MENOMINEE A man from Menominee man was recently sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine and firearm charges. Shane Allen Konell, 51, was sentenced July 10 in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court to concurrent prison terms of five to 10 years for possession of meth and a ...
COPPER HARBOR – Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery reenactment and living history group returned to Fort Wilkins this past weekend, marking its 46th year of its annual encampment. A nagging fog and temperatures in the upper 50s did not dissuade attendance, with hundreds of spectators ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP — The Houghton-Keweenaw Conservation District celebrated its 75th anniversary at Calumet Township's Waterworks Park Saturday morning. Several partner groups including Keweenaw National Historic Park, the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC), Sierra Club Michigan ...
KEWEENAW — It is prime season for outdoor recreation in the Keweenaw, but with that comes the risk of getting ticks, and consequently, Lyme disease. But did you know that there is a connection between the transmission of Lyme disease and the commonly planted ornamental invasive shrub ...
HOUGHTON – After much discussion and review of data, the Houghton County Jail Committee unanimously passed a motion Thursday for a recommendation of a bond proposal to fund a new county jail. The recommendation will be up to Houghton County Board of Commissioners to consider at its August 5 ...
ATLANTIC MINE — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) announced Tuesday it was awarding $825,000 to the Western U.P. Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) to continue efforts at funding recycling initiatives in the area. These projects include a drop-off ...
