HOUGHTON — The Keweenaw Family Resource Center is launching a 12-week Fatherhood workshop for fathers and father figures that will give fathers and father figures the parenting, relationship and communication skills, as well as support they need to be involved, responsible and committed ...
HOUGHTON — Around 25 demonstrators marched across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge in support of reproductive choice and other rights at the Copper Country Women’s March. The march and others like it around the country take place in conjunction with the National Women’s March, first ...
Amid public confusion and rumors that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has purchased 10,000 acres of land in eastern Keweenaw County, owned by The Nature Conservancy in Michigan within the Keweenaw Heartlands roughly 32,000 acres, TNC says the acquisition, although in progress, has ...
McMILLAN TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old female was killed in a two-vehicle crash in McMillan Township, Ontonagon County, Thursday night. At about 8:35 p.m., Ontonagon County Sheriff deputies and the troopers from Michigan State Police, Wakefield Post, responded to the report of a crash on M-28 east of Ewen. Upon arrival, police learned a semi, driven by a 42-year-old male, collided head-on with a passenger vehicle driven by a 17-year-old female. She was treated by SONCO ambulance personnel, but died on the scene from injuries sustained in the crash. Her name has not been released. The ...
HOUGHTON — A Wisconsin woman charged in the December shooting death of a Hancock Township man will undergo a competency evaluation. Margaret Kempainen, 50, had been scheduled for a preliminary hearing in 97th District Court Friday. Her case is now scheduled for a review on March 22. Kempainen is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a relative, Alvin Kempainen, 87. She also faces a count of conspiracy to commit murder. Both crimes carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. Kempainen’s son, Jacob Kempainen, 20, was arraigned on the same charges, plus a count of ...
HANCOCK — Former Finlandia University buildings have begun changing hands. The sales of the Jutila Center, Old Main and other properties auctioned off in December received final approval in Ingham County Circuit Court on Jan. 3. Hancock Offices, LLC, a division of Moyle, will take over ...
