MARQUETTE — A man from Calumet died in the waters of Lake Superior. According to a press release from the Marquette City Police, shortly before 8:30 a.m. Friday, the Marquette Police Department and the Chocolay Township Police Department responded to the report of a body in the water in the ...
HOUGHTON — Following Tuesday’s defeat of the $28 million Houghton County Jail bond proposal, public attention remains focused on the future of the county-owned Sharon Avenue property. While unofficial election results show 58.3 percent of voters rejected the 30-year public safety funding ...
HOUGHTON — Copper Country residents can explore stories of entrepreneurship, food, wildlife, childhood and community when the 41 North Film Festival returns to Michigan Technological University Now through Sunday All screenings and festival events are free and open to the public. Most ...
HANCOCK — Proposition 2 in Michigan passed with 80% voting in favor of it. The “Money Out of Politics” proposal would bar corporations or government contractors who receive $250,000 from the state government from contributing to political causes in Michigan. One local advocate who helped ...
MARQUETTE — Anna Aho Rink (D) defeated incumbent Karl Bohnak (R) in Tuesday's midterm election to serve the 109th District in the Michigan State Legislature. Bohnak had been the first Republican to win the 109th district since 1955. "I can't even begin to thank you all enough for putting ...
HANCOCK — Hancock City Council met Wednesday for its first meeting after Tuesday’s Midterm Election, where three new city councilors were elected and one was reelected. The council appointed frontrunner Sara Lahti to Whitney Warstler’s old seat, after she resigned last month over family ...
