HOUGHTON — “Thousands and thousands” of books were available for sale Friday during the Friends of the Michigan Tech Library’s annual spring sale at the Memorial Union Building. The sale began on Thursday, when it was restricted to Friends of the Library members, and Michigan ...
State Rep. Greg Markkanen on Thursday released a statement regarding the approval of a $50 million grant by the Michigan Strategic Fund to support construction of the Copperwood mine in Gogebic County. The Upper Peninsula was built on mining, Markkanen said in the release. With the MSF ...
HANCOCK — The Hancock Planning Commission recommended the draft of the city’s five-year master plan for approval with updates at its meeting Wednesday. Following a work session on Monday, the planning commission added another set of objectives under environmental hazards mitigation aimed ...
HOUGHTON — More residential development could be coming to Houghton. During his report to the City Council at Wednesday’s meeting, City Manager Eric Waara said he met with Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance Executive Director Jeff Radcliffe and a developer in the due diligence phase ...
HOUGHTON — The Third Annual Seed Swap is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Portage Lake District Library, on Huron Street, in Houghton. The Western U.P. Food Systems Collaborative is sponsoring the event. Rachael Pressley, senior regional planner with the with ...
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation on Tuesday announced the Michigan Strategic Fund Board’s approval of a $50 million Strategic Site Readiness Program performance-based grant for Copperwood Resources Inc., a subsidiary of Highland Copper, for the construction of the Copperwood Mine ...