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 of constructing 40 to 60 apartment units on Sharon Avenue. Waara provided the developer with utility and zoning information on the property. “If that does go forward, it’s allowable by zoning, and we’d be looking at 40 to 60 new units in town, that’s 100-plus people that could find homes ...
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 investment, “the community will start pumping out materials that will help rebuild the state and the country.” Highland Copper estimates the project will create 380 jobs when the mine is operational, with another 313 indirect jobs being created throughout the state. The jobs will range from ...
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 in Wakefield and Ironwood townships in Gogebic County. The MSF Board held a meeting Tuesday to discuss the Copperwood Mine Project, in Gogebic County. The MEDC release says that the Copperwood Mine, to be located in Gogebic County, is projected to create 380 long-term, good-paying jobs and ...
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 ...
HANCOCK — The suspect in a Saturday domestic violence incident in Hancock was still hospitalized as of Wednesday morning, Hancock Police Chief Tami Sleeman said. Police responded around 2:40 a.m. Saturday to a 911 call of an assault at a residence at a former church building on the 300 block of Hancock Street. The two people found at the scene were both transported to UP Health - Portage that morning. Police said the victim in the incident had been released from the hospital Saturday night, while the suspect was transported to another hospital. Responding agencies included the ...
