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Dems miffed at Whitmer

Editor's note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — already facing criticism from fellow Democrats over her economic development policies, support ...

Crash in Calumet

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Calumet Post responded to an automobile accident after a vehicle crashed into two residential properties in Calumet Township. According to a State Police press release, shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, troopers responded to a crash on School ...

Was lost, but now is found

KEWEENAW COUNTY — A blue and white kayak found floating in Bete Grise on Friday has been reunited with its owner, according to Keweenaw County Sheriff Curt Pennala. Pennala told the Daily Mining Gazette Monday morning that the U.S. Coast Guard canceled its search after locating the ...

Evan Dixon Sentenced

HOUGHTON – Former attorney and Hancock resident Evan Andrew Dixon, 62 was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison on Monday, in Houghton County 12th Circuit Court on one count of second degree murder in the Nov. 13, 2023 shooting death of Theron Duncan, 53, ...

An afternoon on the town

HOUGHTON — Downtown Houghton and Hancock were filled with Michigan Technological University students Saturday for the annual Afternoon on the Town welcome week event. Businesses, organizations, churches and more had tables throughout College and Shelden Avenues in downtown Houghton, as well ...

Developing a workforce

HOUGHTON — Following last week’s decision by the Michigan Strategic Fund to approve a $50 million infrastructure grant at the Copperwood Mine project, attention in the western Upper Peninsula is shifting from site preparation to a lack of a trained workforce. State funding secured $45 ...