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Calumet teen jailed in car theft

HANCOCK — A 19-year-old Calumet man was arrested after allegedly stealing a car from Hancock Wednesday. The tan 2005 Chevy Impala was reported stolen from an address on west Quincy Street around 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, the Hancock Police Department said in a release. The keys to the car had been left inside. While the caller had just noticed the car was missing before the car, security footage later showed the vehicle had been taken around 12:30 p.m. Law enforcement issued a be-on-the-lookout notice through the area. About 8:30 p.m., a Michigan State Police trooper stopped the ...

Renovation for Rhythm: Houghton Council OKs loan request for city building

HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council approved a revolving loan fund request to reconfigure the Rhythm building to create additional spaces inside. Julien Properties will receive the $148,000 loan for interior improvements to the building at 418 Shelden Ave. The five-year loan will have a ...

2 injured in Allouez Township crash

Sheriff’s release Keweenaw County Sheriff Deputies responded to a single vehicle crash on US41 near the North end of Cliff Drive in Allouez Township Wednesday evening at about 8 p.m. Deputies report a southbound vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it lost control on the gradual corner south of Cliff Drive. The vehicle crossed over the center line and onto the East shoulder, striking a traffic sign and soil embankment before becoming air borne and rolling over several times prior to coming to rest on the shoulder of the roadway. The driver, a 49 year old man and ...

TNC discusses Keweenaw County Emergency Operations Center

ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP — During the Keweenaw Heartlands Public meeting on Tuesday, Julia Petersen, Keweenaw Heartlands project manager for The Nature Conservancy in Michigan, discussed the Keweenaw County Emergency Operations Center. The KCEOC is right now a concept, Petersen said. The concept ...

County talks jail annexation

HOUGHTON — The potential Houghton County jail site on Sharon Avenue is nearing annexation by Houghton, county Administrator Ben Larson said at Tuesday’s board meeting. Monday, the Portage Township board voted in support of the City of Houghton permanently annexing the Sharon Avenue ...

Extension for SBA loans requested

HOUGHTON — Houghton County has gone through the same abnormal winter as other counties in Michigan. Now, the county is asking for the same assistance recently extended to some of them. Tuesday, the county board approved a resolution calling for Small Business administration economic ...