HOUGHTON — Last month, ShoreWaves Internet and Telephone announced it will cease operations, as the company’s founder, Steve Fitzgerald, is retiring after 14 years. The news was announced to customers on July 2. It was later announced that the network will continue to operate under an ...
NEGAUNEE — Michigan State Police (MSP) announced the promotion of Detective Sergeant Matthew LaBonte to Detective Lieutenant, where he will oversee the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET). UPSET is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force serving all 15 counties of the ...
TheKeweenaw County Board unanimously passed a resolution opposing a proposal to dissolve U.P. Community Mental Health System. Left to rights are: Board Vice Chair Del Rajala; Commissioner Mike LaMotte, Board Chair Don Piche; commissioners Bob DeMarois and Randy Eckloff EAGLE RIVER – At its ...
RIPLEY — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Houghton County Road Commission are hard at work this summer repairing roads in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties. Projects on M-26, M-28 and U.S. 41 are on MDOT the County Road Commissions’ dockets. The ...
COPPER HARBOR – Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery reenactment and living history group returned to Fort Wilkins this past weekend, marking its 46th year of its annual encampment. A nagging fog and temperatures in the upper 50s did not dissuade attendance, with hundreds of spectators ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP — The Houghton-Keweenaw Conservation District celebrated its 75th anniversary at Calumet Township's Waterworks Park Saturday morning. Several partner groups including Keweenaw National Historic Park, the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC), Sierra Club Michigan ...
