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Accident in Houghton

HOUGHTON – The Houghton Police Department responded to a two-vehicle personal injury crash at approximately 8 a.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of Sharon Avenue and Portage Street, according to a HPD press release. According to police, a vehicle driving by a 16-year-old Houghton resident was traveling south on Portage Street and stopped at the stop sign at the intersection. A second vehicle, driven by a 71-year-old Laurium resident was traveling east on Sharon Avenue, stopped at the stop sign, then proceeded through the intersection with it collided with the southbound vehicle. Polly ...

In the dark

ESCANABA — Widespread power outages affected thousands of residents across the Upper Peninsula on Monday as high winds felled trees throughout the region. In the Upper Peninsula, Schoolcraft, Keweenaw, Houghton, Marquette, Chippewa, Delta and Menominee counties were among those without electricity for portions of the day, though crews worked to get most back online by late afternoon and evening. In the mid-afternoon, Michigan had the second-most power outages in the United States; only California experienced more. More than 10,000 customers of Upper Peninsula Power Company were ...

Bomb Threats

HANCOCK – At approximately 7:13 p.m. Sunday, the Hancock Police Department responded to a call from an unidentified male caller who stated he had placed two bombs in the area of the Ramada Inn and M&M PowerSports, both on Navy Street. According to a release from Hancock Police, the caller ...

Victor Davis Hanson

So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, former President Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. He avoided the public, ...

Fire destroys Escanaba industrial site

ESCANABA — A massive fire Thursday destroyed an industrial site in Escanaba. Calls came through Delta County Central Dispatch about noon that a structure at 2003 23rd Ave. N. — right near the base of the water tower by the border of North Escanaba and Wells — was ablaze. Before emergency ...

Judge Andrew Napolitano

What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government? What if Congress's 16 enumerated powers in the Constitution no longer limit Congress but are actually used as a justification to extend Congress's authority over nearly every aspect of human ...