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Baraga County pride

L'ANSE – As part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Upper Peninsula Community Tour, SBA representatives, the Baraga County Chamber of Commerce, and students enrolled in the Copper Country Intermediate School District Career and Technical Education (CTE) ...

Housing project planned near Westwood Mall

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The availability of workforce-type housing, which experts agree is badly needed in the greater Marquette area, could get a shot in the arm with plans under consideration for the Westwood Mall. A Green Bay, Wisconsin developer — Garritt Bader of GB Real Estate ...

New leadership at PLDL

HOUGHTON — A new library director was welcomed at Portage Lake District Library this week. Wednesday’s regular meeting of the library's Board of Trustees heard Alyssa Cleland’s first report, along with other business regarding staff wages, updates on the search for a new board member and ...

Regarding Brockway

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — Community leaders from both Houghton and Keweenaw County held a major scenic byway symposium at the Keweenaw National Historical Park Headquarters on Tuesday to address severe weathering and structural disrepair on Brockway Mountain Drive, in Keweenaw County. Gina ...

Almost completed

HOUGHTON — The Quincy Street/Bridge Street corridor linking Montezuma Avenue and Shelden Avenue is expected to wrap up today. Major and lengthy repairs to the Portage Lake Lift Bridge have created the need for a high-capacity temporary bypass to relive congestion in the so-called "Yooper ...

Build your own map

LANSING — Michigan hunters planning a fall trip have a rebuilt tool to work with. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has launched a new version of MiHunt, the state’s interactive map of lands open to public hunting, available at Michigan.gov/MiHunt. The map is live just in time ...