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Laurium man pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges

WASHINGTON — The Laurium man accused of participating in the Jan. 6 riot entered a not guilty plea to four misdemeanor charges at his arraignment in federal court Tuesday.  Adam Mancuso participated in a hearing via zoom before Judge Emmet Sullivan in District of Columbia District Court.  Mancuso faces the four misdemeanor charges facing most Jan. 6 defendants: knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of government business or official functions, disorderly conduct in a Capitol ...

Mind Trekkers hold STEM Open House

HOUGHTON — At the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw Saturday, children built stable bridges, watched chemical reactions unfold and turned fruit into music. It happened at the Mind Trekkers’ STEM Open House, where the Michigan Technological University group taught children about science, ...

To err is human

HOUGHTON — The Houghton Zoning Board of Appeals approved a rear-yard variance for a home where constructors had not filed an updated permit request at its meeting Wednesday night preceding the regular Houghton City Council meeting. The 10-foot, 4-inch variance at 205 W. Douglass Ave. ...

Houghton County board delays purchase of app for prisoner look-up

HOUGHTON — The purchase of a new app to let Houghton County residents look up which inmates are in the county jail is on hold while the county board seeks more answers about it from the sheriff’s department. The board voted 3-2 Tuesday afternoon against a package from OCV including ...

Higher utility bills increase risk of food insecurity

Editors note: This is the second in a series that examines the increase in food insecurity in the four-county area, and the impacts the issue is causing. For many people, an electric fireplace conjures thoughts of quiet winter nights with a cup of hot tea while enjoying the projected flames and the electric heat of the unit. For others, particularly in low-income families, winter and heat only represent an elevated risk of food insecurity while deciding to pay higher utility bills or grocery bills. A 2006 study by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/Economic Research Service (ERS) found ...

Downstate man sentenced to 11 years for drug dealing in Houghton County

Charles Lester Knuckles, Jr., 31, of Roseville, Michigan, was sentenced to 132 months (11 years) in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that trafficked over 500 grams of methamphetamine from Detroit to Houghton and Mackinac counties in December 2022 and January 2023. In a Nov. 13 release from U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten, Totten said Knuckles was running a drug pipeline trafficking methamphetamine from the Detroit area to northern Michigan. The Upper Peninsula Substances Enforcement Team (UPSET) and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ...