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Laurium man arrested on Jan. 6 charges

MARQUETTE — A Laurium man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, made his initial court appearance in federal court Wednesday. Adam Mancuso appeared in U.S. District Court in Marquette. The criminal complaint was unsealed Thursday afternoon in the case, which had been filed Aug. 23. The FBI first received a tip about Mancuso six days after the event, notifying them of Facebook selfies he took inside and outside the Capitol building. They matched the Hatchetman logo hat he wore in the footage, an emblem used by the Michigan rap group Insane Clown ...

Baraga Township: Pelkie tanker repair cost lower than expected

Baraga Township held its rescheduled monthly August board meeting Wednesday. The meeting began with a report from Dick Haagsma of the Pelkie Fire Department, who had just repaired its 3,000-gallon tanker which was out of commission since before the Baraga County Fair. The department knew ...

$1.25M preservation investment

HANCOCK — The Quincy Mine Hoist Association, on Wednesday, received notification of the latest grant award from the Department of the Interior for continued work on the 1918 Hoist House. In an email Friday, Quincy Hoist Executive Director Tom Wright said this round of work will finish all ...

‘A whole other level of stress,’ says Hill

BARAGA — On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, officers and supporters from three prisons in the Upper Peninsula held pickets to inform the public of the current dangers they face inside their workplaces with an emphasis on understaffing. State lawmakers from the Upper Peninsula stood in ...

Man’s body found on roadway

HANCOCK — Hancock police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred Thursday morning. About 5:40 a.m., police responded to Wright Street, where they found the body of a 50-year-old Hancock man on the roadway. The man appeared to have crashed on his electric scooter, the department said in a release. Police said the incident does not seem to be suspicious. The Hancock Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Houghton County Sheriff Department, Michigan State Police, Houghton Police Department, MTU Public Safety, Mercy EMS and the Houghton County Medical Examiners Office.

Keweenaw County OKs grant application

EAGLE RIVER — With Keweenaw County’s Master Plan, Blueprint for Tomorrow, being delayed due to short-term rental issues, along with facing budget constraints with county zoning, the Board of Commissioners received some positive news on an opportunity to relieve some of those ...