HOUGHTON — A former Michigan Tech student has been sentenced in connection with an incident involving a 9/11 memorial on the MTU campus in September. 21-year old Avery Lawrence was sentenced to 12 months probation and 15 days of community service Friday morning in Houghton County 97th ...
CALUMET — With the first snow accumulations expected this weekend in Copper Country, the Michigan State Police (MSP) Calumet Post wants drivers to practice safe driving practices and has tips on how to avoid hazardous incidents on the road and how to react if one finds themselves in a winter ...
Dear Annie: My 54-year-old son recently married his childhood sweetheart with whom he had a son 36 years ago. They never married before but kept in touch because of their son. Unfortunately, their boy was killed in an auto accident four years ago. I've loosely kept in touch with my new ...
HOUGHTON — The First World War marks the first modern “total war." As millions of combatants were called to the battlefield, massive and rapid mobilization required civilians to reorganize their daily lives to wartime. Though less recognized, rural communities, such as the Copper Country, ...
“The trees bend because of the wind across that lonesome border, the trees bend because of the wind almost all the time,” – Joe Ely It was one of those days when being out in the woods meant being careful, being aware, being concerned. With October fading fast in the rearview mirror, ...
HOUGHTON — Local social media pages lit up Wednesday with photos of what appeared to be funnel cloud north east of Houghton/Hancock, presumably in the Calumet area. While there were no reports of the funnel touching down, it still garnered plenty of attention with several "tornado sightings" ...