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Almost completed

HOUGHTON — The Quincy Street/Bridge Street corridor linking Montezuma Avenue and Shelden Avenue is expected to wrap up today. Major and lengthy repairs to the Portage Lake Lift Bridge have created the need for a high-capacity temporary bypass to relive congestion in the so-called "Yooper ...

Regarding Brockway

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — Community leaders from both Houghton and Keweenaw County held a major scenic byway symposium at the Keweenaw National Historical Park Headquarters on Tuesday to address severe weathering and structural disrepair on Brockway Mountain Drive, in Keweenaw County. Gina ...

New leadership at PLDL

HOUGHTON — A new library director was welcomed at Portage Lake District Library this week. Wednesday’s regular meeting of the library's Board of Trustees heard Alyssa Cleland’s first report, along with other business regarding staff wages, updates on the search for a new board member and ...

Baraga County pride

L'ANSE – As part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Upper Peninsula Community Tour, SBA representatives, the Baraga County Chamber of Commerce, and students enrolled in the Copper Country Intermediate School District Career and Technical Education (CTE) ...

All Hands!

DOLLAR BAY — The recent helicopter hoist of 70-year-old hiker Craig Berg from an Isle Royale swamp on September 12 ended an 11-day survival ordeal, but local officials emphasize that the successful outcome relied heavily on multi-agency logistical coordination efforts for the search. In a ...

Mills sentenced on meth charges

HOUGHTON — A 36-year old Houghton County man was sentenced in 12th Circuit Court to 5-20 years in prison for distributing and manufacturing methamphetamine Wednesday. Jody Mark Mills was arrested in March in Houghton by Michigan State Police and pleaded guilty to two meth charges the ...