HOUGHTON — Jibba Jabba 2024 was in full swing Saturday evening in downtown Houghton. Spectators arrived in winter attire and quickly lined up on both sides of Huron Street to view the big snowboarding event. Dusk fell and bright lights placed along the route lit the course. Event ...
Farm Action on Tuesday published a press release in response to the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, citing it for its fostering industrial agriculture at the expense of small farmers. Farm Action is a nonprofit organization that advocates for policy that restricts the ability for large corporations to operate in the food and agriculture sectors. Farm Action Chief Strategy Officer Joe Maxwell, former lieutenant governor of Missouri and also a farmer, who authored the Farm Action release, said in it that the agriculture census substantiates what farmers have known to be true for ...
MOHAWK — U.S. Senate candidate Peter Meijer stopped in Keweenaw County Saturday as part of his tour of the Upper Peninsula. Meijer is running as a Republican candidate for the seat currently held by Debbie Stabenow, who is not running for re-election. He previously served a term in the ...
HOUGHTON — Some of the top snowboarders in the Midwest will converge on Huron Street in Houghton Saturday for a night of crowd-pleasing jumps, flips and other tricks. The Jibba Jabba rail jam event is back for a second year after a 10-year layoff. Beginning at 6 p.m., the competition ...
HOUGHTON — A Chassell man pleaded guilty to charges of downloading child pornography in Houghton County Circuit Court Friday. Kyle Britz, 20, was arrested in 2022 after a Michigan State Police investigation stemming from a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ...
HANCOCK — “You either love it or you hate it,” Brita Hepokoski explained. The senior graphic design student at the Career & Tech Center in Hancock falls onto the side of loving saunas, and she brings this passion for the Finnish wellness tradition to her work on the logo and event ...
