HOUGHTON — A Michigan Technological University student group’s display inviting students to spray paint messages on a replica of the Berlin Wall drew controversy Friday after students added comments attacking transgender people and other groups. The student group Young Americans for ...

HOUGHTON — Child care leaders and business professionals in the area are trying a new tack to combat the lack of child care slots in Houghton County. Iola Brubaker, head of the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative, brought up a new child care expansion and incubator proposal at ...

HOUGHTON — Former colleagues of Ray Kestner credited the longtime Houghton city manager with revitalizing Houghton in the years after the local mining industry collapsed. Kestner, who served as director of public works, and for most of his 26 years with Houghton, city manager, died last ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY — This year celebrates the 25th year of the Sheriff’s Department’s No Kid Without a Christmas, Sheriff Curt Pennala said on Monday. No Kid Without a Christmas is a toy drive for families in need. With the smallest population in the state, 10% of Keweenaw County is in ...

L’ANSE — Baraga County law enforcement officers will have on-demand access to behavioral health professionals when responding to mental health calls thanks to a new partnership. Baraga County Memorial Hospital and Baraga County Sheriff’s Department held a press conference Monday to ...

HOUGHTON — One man was shot and killed in an incident Monday evening at a Shelden Avenue business in Houghton. The Houghton Police Department on Tuesday morning confirmed that the fatal shooting occurred at the Douglas House Saloon. According to a release from the department, at about 7 ...