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Lift Bridge maintenance Sept. 10 HOUGHTON - ­The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will conduct routine scheduled maintenance on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge on Thursday, Sept. 10, requiring bridge lifts. According to an MDOT press release, cable greasing is scheduled for early morning, requiring several bridge lifts of up to 30 minutes each. These lifts are scheduled to begin after 12:01 a.m. Sept. 10 and be completed by 6 a.m. Resulting closures will affect vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle traffic. This schedule is weather-dependent and may be adjusted. This work will ...

Teaching the teachers

BARAGA — The Wiikwedong Early Childhood Development Collaborative hosted the 5th Annual Wiikwedong Early Childhood Development Culture Camp Tuesday and Wednesday at the Niiwin Akeaa Community Center in Baraga. The two-day camp was aimed at bringing together tribal early childhood educators ...

Statements made at Monday sentencing

HOUGHTON — Former Houghton County attorney Evan Andrew Dixon was sentenced Monday to 18 to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder in the November 2023 shooting death of Theron Darrell Duncan. Dixon, 62, entered a no-contest plea in June to the charge stemming from the fatal shooting ...

Focus of re-industrialization

HOUGHTON — The western Upper Peninsula is increasingly becoming a focal point for state and federal clean energy and industrial infrastructure investments. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $117 million in project selections aimed at boosting the competitiveness of ...

The tradition continues

ONTONAGON — Labor Day weekend is here and the Village of Ontonagon will celebrate with its 70th Annual Ontonagon Labor Day Festival. The festivities start today and run thru Labor Day Monday. Ontonagon Village Manager and Labor Day Festival Committee Treasurer Willie DuPont said the ...

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 ...