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Drug arrests in Houghton and Baraga Counties

Over the past three weeks, detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) arrested five people from Houghton and Baraga counties involved in selling illegal drugs. The five suspects are involved in separate investigations and are not related. After a month-long ...

Boosting COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

WAUSAU, Wis. – Reports of COVID-19 breakthrough cases make national headlines frequently. The most recent example is the death of Colin Powell from COVID-19 complications. These reports are coming at the same time the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its recommendations ...

MI Independent Citizens Redistricting Committee

The League of Women Voters will be holding an information webinar on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Join thousands of your neighbors and Michiganders across the state by making your voice heard to help shape our federal and state legislative district boundaries for the next 10 years. For the ...

Missing child found in good health

HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Sheriff's Office responded to a missing child complaint at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. A nine year-old boy with Downs Syndrome had walked away from his father while walking through the woods behind a family member's residence on the Lower Worham ...