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Faith and Family

There is something I have been thinking about for some time: “Where Does Love Come From?” I have observed that most people believe Love is a learned behavior, which partly is true. We do learn from experience, drawing conclusions and ideas. But there is a deeper and, in my observation, an ...

Man arraigned in connection with traffic fatality

SAULT STE. MARIE — A man from Lower Michigan as been arraigned in connection with a traffic fatality Monday in the eastern Upper Peninsula. At approximately 10:48 a.m. Monday, a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post responded to a report of a two-vehicle head-on ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I sit here writing to you starting another week much like the past six months of this year: depressed by the way time has altered my life. I'm 76 and married. My routine rarely changes. I wake up, listen to the news and eat breakfast. I straighten up the house and make the bed. I ...

Reconnecting to the community

CALUMET TOWNSHIP – The Keweenaw National Historical Park (KNHP) is looking for ways to reclaim a bit of Agazzis Park that has been lost due to development. Karl Dieztler, historic landscape architect for the KNHP, said he is searching for “low hanging fruit” for long-term opportunities ...

Breaking in down

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – During Wednesday’s Industry Day meeting, Houghton County Sheriff Josh Saaranen spoke on modern jail standards and security classifications in the current Houghton County Jail and what is mandated by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Saaranen said county ...

Meth suspect pleads

HOUGHTON — A 26-year old Houghton County man pleaded no contest Monday to possession of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. This plea comes as several sentences were handed down for the delivery and manufacturing of methamphetamine in 12th Circuit Court by Judge Brittany Bulleit in ...