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Walking for a cause

HOUGHTON — Rotary Clubs across the country will participate in the world’s largest Polio Walk Saturday. Houghton’s Rotary Club will join thousands of Rotarians in the United States and in two countries in a coordinated effort to raise awareness and support the global fight to end polio. ...

Challenge accepted

KEWEENAW COUNTY — The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC) will host a week-long volunteer metal recycling drive beginning Thursday through Oct. 29, explicitly challenging the community to surpass the 4,300 pounds of debris collected during the organization's spring cleanup ...

CSC case continues

HOUGHTON — A 46-year old Houghton County man who was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against a minor under 13-years old appeared in 97th District Court Monday in front of Judge Nicholas Daavettila. John Douglas Malloy appeared in court via Zoom from Houghton ...

Rapid River man pleads no contest

ESCANABA — A Rapid River man has pleaded no contest to multiple charges, including homicide, in connection with an alleged drunken-driving crash in 2025. On Oct. 1 in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court, David Brandon Abruzzo pleaded no contest to one felony count of homicide — ...

Remembering Margaret Heafield Hamilton

Margaret Heafield Hamilton, who died late last month at the age of 90, led the development of the on-board flight software for the guidance computer in NASA’s Apollo 11 spacecraft, which landed the first men on the moon. She coined the now-ubiquitous term “software.” Margaret was touted ...

An impressive donation

HANCOCK — Upper Peninsula Honor Flight President Scott Knauf flew from Escanaba to the Houghton County Memorial Airport Saturday morning to personally accept a $5,316 donation raised by the Church of the Resurrection Fellowship Committee. Knauf arrived at the Quincy Street parish at 8:00 a.m. Saturday to receive the check, which represents the entire net proceeds from the church’s recent "Crock and Rocker" Fall Fashion Show. “The way that we get support from across the Upper Peninsula allows us to continue our missions,” Knauf said. He noted that the non-profit organization ...