HANCOCK — Hancock officials recapped their accomplishments over the past year and unveiled future plans during a joint meeting Monday night. Hancock’s City Council, Planning Commission and Downtown Development Authority met at the Wiitanen Room of the HoCo Arena. One priority is ...
L’ANSE — The Baraga County Board of Commissioners held its monthly meeting Monday with Baraga County resident Donald Elmblad bringing forth a proposal. Elmblad wanted to see if there was any interest in the county installing a General Mobile Radio Service radio repeater. Elmblad ...
HOUGHTON — A new judge will be presiding over a Houghton County murder case. Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Wiese will take over as judge in the case of Evan Dixon. He replaces Houghton County Circuit Court Judge Brittany Bulleit, who recused herself from the case. Bulleit ...
HOUGHTON — The trial of a Wisconsin mother and son accused of murdering a Hancock Township relative at his home last year has been postponed. Margaret Kempainen, 51, and Jacob Kempainen, 21, had originally been scheduled for the October trial docket. Last week, that was moved to January. ...
HOUGHTON — A plane on a routine run to collect atmospheric data vanished over Lake Superior in 1968, leaving only the occasional sighting of debris over the next few decades to indicate what had happened. Monday, researchers from the Great Lakes Smart Ships Coalition gathered to launch the ...
HOUGHTON — The City of Houghton advised West Houghton residents Thursday to watch their small domestic animals after a fisher was spotted in the area. The fisher, a carnivorous member of the weasel family, is suspected to be linked to the recent disappearance of several cats in the ...