HANCOCK — After more than a year of expansion and construction, 5th & Elm, on Quincy Street, in Hancock, conducted a “soft opening” this past week. By definition, a soft opening, according to simpletexting.com, is the low-key opening of a new service, product, or place. Restaurant ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Helmer announced that after having open positions for over a year, he has hired two new Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys for the County of Houghton. Both positions will start on Feb. 5 and serve in the various courts here in Houghton ...

BERGLAND — The past few days have looked more like winter as usual for the Upper Peninsula. But that doesn’t erase half a season’s worth of abnormal conditions that have hurt area businesses that rely on good snow — and the visitors that come with it. The Western Upper Peninsula ...

The winter storm that has extensively impacted Houghton County appears to be a localized event, at least in the four-county area. County Undersheriff/Jail Administrator Tonya Stefonich, said Keweenaw County did not suffer any storm conditions, estimating that since Friday, the county received ...

ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP — The township board received an update on its Wastewater Systems Improvement project at its regular January meeting last Wednesday. Emmett Bjorn, engineer with U.P. Engineers and Architects, who is overseeing the project, told the board that the permit design and the final ...

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is happy to announce the Volunteer Emergency Services grant is back for 2024 and the request for proposal is now open. The $50,000 grant opportunity provides funding to volunteer emergency services in Copper Shores’ four-county service area that ...