HOUGHTON — The capital improvements at UP Health - Portage this year add up to nearly $10 million — part of $60 million in investments over the past 10 years. “It’s been really great for the hospital and the community and we’re just continuing to upgrade,” said Ryan Heinonen, ...
The Baraga Village Council held its monthly meeting on Nov. 12 with a sendoff to its long serving Village President Wendell Dompier. Dompier had been a staple to the village’s leadership for 26 years and had been involved in many of its large developments and projects including the village ...
HOUGHTON — After two years out of the post, Bob Backon was elected as Houghton’s mayor during Tuesday’s organizational meeting of the Houghton City Council. Backon was voted in 6-1, with the sole dissenting vote coming from Brian Irizarry, who had served as mayor since 2022. Backon ...
HOUGHTON — The purchase of a new app to let Houghton County residents look up which inmates are in the county jail is on hold while the county board seeks more answers about it from the sheriff’s department. The board voted 3-2 Tuesday afternoon against a package from OCV including mobile ...
The 30th Keweenaw Old Fashioned Christmas Bazaar will take place on Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Calumet High School gymnasium. The craft show began as a way to give hunters’ spouses or partners around the Calumet area something to come together and enjoy during the opening weekend ...
Charles Lester Knuckles, Jr., 31, of Roseville, Michigan, was sentenced to 132 months (11 years) in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that trafficked over 500 grams of methamphetamine from Detroit to Houghton and Mackinac counties in December 2022 and January 2023. In a Nov. 13 release ...