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Ontonagon achieves MEDC’s Redevelopment Ready Communities “Essentials” status

LANSING, Mich. – For its efforts in establishing a more streamlined development process and overall community development vision, the Village of Ontonagon achieved the Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) Essentials designation, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. RRC is a voluntary initiative which empowers communities to shape their future as they strive to become RRC Certified by building a foundation of planning, zoning and economic development best practices and integrating them into their everyday functions and was launched statewide in 2013. RRC ...

Miles for Music happening today

Michigan Tech’s chapter of the Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity will be hosting their Miles for Music fundraiser today, beginning at 9 a.m. Miles for Music is a run/walk charity event to raise money for the Dollar Bay High School music program. This year, Mu Beta Psi at Michigan Tech is running the event from start to finish. Check in begins at 9 a.m., and the race will start at 10 a.m. Day-of registration is available. Registration is $15 for students and children and $25 for adults. Participants will meet outside of the Memorial Union Building on Michigan ...

Defense motion denied in Kempainen case

HOUGHTON — A Houghton County Circuit Court judge Monday denied a defense motion requesting the counseling record of the juvenile sister of the Wisconsin man alleged to have fatally shot his grandfather in his Hancock Township home in December. Jacob Kempainen, 21, was arrested in Clear ...

Plaid to the bone

HOUGHTON — The oranges and blacks most common on the Houghton High School football field had their place in the mishmash of colors arrayed between the 35-yard lines Friday afternoon. But more important was the pattern: plaid. More than 900 people congregated on the field for Visit ...

On the road to improvement

SOUTH RANGE — The Village of South Range held its Council Meeting on Thursday evening addressing a variety of issues and concerns, but most notably going over the details of the grant they were approved of for the fixing of Whealkate Drive. The grant’s approval was made public by an ...

Group speaks out against H-PT bond issue

HOUGHTON — The proposed bond for improvements at Houghton-Portage Township Schools is drawing opposition from a group of residents who say the debt would be excessive for district residents and the district should pursue other options to avoid overcrowding. Robert MacInnes, a former city manager with Houghton, spoke at Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting as a member of the Concerned Citizens of the Houghton-Portage Township School District, a group formed to oppose the bond issue. The $23 million bond issue would go towards additional classroom and flex space at the ...