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Hancock Planning Commission reschedules meeting to Wednesday

HANCOCK — The Hancock Planning Commission rescheduled its March meeting to Wednesday due to not having enough members at Monday’s meeting. Wednesday’s agenda includes the draft of the city’s master plan update, which could potentially be approved and sent on to the city council. Other items include approval of the six-year capital improvement plan and extending the zoning approval by six months for a project at 306 Hancock St. The rescheduled meeting will begin at 5 p.m., an hour earlier than usual. With no quorum, the remaining members and City Manager Mary Babcock ...

Keweenaw County Board resolution declares opposition to PA 233 of 2023

EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw county, along with 82 counties of the Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) voted in support of a repeal of Public Act 233, which goes into effect in November of this year. The MAC backs a coalition of groups called Citizens for Local Choice that is campaigning for a statewide vote to repeal sections of PA 233 that, it contends, put an unelected state panel in final charge of siting of energy generation facilities. At its regular March meeting last Wednesday, the Keweenaw County Board adopted a resolution expressing support for the Citizens for Local ...

Johnson pleads guilty to charges from Holiday crash

L’ANSE — An Illinois man pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating under the influence during a October 2022 semi-truck crash at the Holiday station in L’Anse that killed one person. Dawaun Johnson, 24, of University Park, Illinois, appeared in Baraga County Circuit Court for his plea ...

Late-season snow blankets region

HOUGHTON — A late-season winter storm hit the Keweenaw Sunday night and continued into Monday afternoon. Snow totals ranged from 3 to 7 inches, said Dan Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Negaunee. The cause was a low-pressure system that brought in moisture as ...

Report: Woman can stand trial in murder

HOUGHTON — A Wisconsin woman has been declared competent to stand trial for the December murder of a Hancock Township man. Margaret Kempainen, 50, of Hartland, Wisconsin appeared via videoconference for a review hearing in 97th District Court Friday. She is accused of helping to kill her ...

Under new ownership: Calumet couple buys Mineral Range Depot

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — The former Mineral Range Railroad Depot, located on the corner of Ninth and Oak streets, has new owners. Their plans are to completely restore the structure. Calumet resident Jim Flood and his wife, Stacey, finalized the purchase of the building earlier in March from ...