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Trial averted

HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Circuit Courtroom was filled with prospective jurors Monday, there for the trial Jeffry Glaster. However the proceedings ended before they had begun as the jury was dismissed. The 46-year old Houghton County had pleaded not guilty to first-degree criminal ...

Seeking a resolution

LAURIUM – In June, Laurium Village Manager Ian Lewis submitted an email to Houghton County Clerk Jennifer Kelly requesting the county board place the village’s request for the Final Order for the annexation of the property of the George Gipp Recreational Arena. Lewis began pursuing the ...

Warm fall predicted

IRON MOUNTAIN — AccuWeather predicts temperatures from September through November will range two to three degrees above normal in the Upper Peninsula as a warm autumn is expected across much of the nation. "Outdoor projects and activities which you would typically see winding down during ...

‘A Tradition Worth Keeping’

PELKIE — The year 1941 was surely a memorable one. It was when the US entered World War II and also when many things that are still around today — M&MS, Cheerios and styrofoam — were first introduced. 1941 was also the first year of the Baraga County fair. The theme of this year's fair, ...

Return of an old friend

HOUGHTON — Sundew — US Coast Guard Cutter, WLB-404 was in Houghton Saturday and for a visit and tours before heading back to its home port of Duluth. The Coast Guard Cutter Sundew is no longer active as a military vessel — it was decommissioned on May 27, 2004 — but has been Privately ...

Coming home

LAKE LINDEN – After 82 years, Lake Linden native, U.S. Army Sgt. Robert James Goldsworthy, missing in action since since Dec. 17, 1944, is coming home for burial. The service at the Maple Hill Cemetery is scheduled for 11 a.m. today, according to Dale Mukavetz, Goldsworthy’s nephew. On ...