The Village of Calumet would like to erect a memorial to the victims of the 1913 Italian Hall tragedy, but what that memorial will look like is the topic of a growing controversy. At the March meeting of the village council, a motion was passed to adopt a recommendation from …

A group of local farmers and truck drivers are working together to help victims of a series of devastating wildfires. Called the Yooper Relief Convo–seven trucks hauling bales of hay and other supplies are scheduled to leave from Bruce Crossing Friday, headed to Oklahoma. The effort was started by Marty …

Legislation that would change the school year start time has been introduced in the state Senate. Republican Marty Knollenberg says Bill 217 keeps tourism in mind. He says four-day weekends leading up to the Labor Day weekend are economically beneficial. His biggest concern is that power remain on the local …

A donation of equipment to Michigan Tech’s School of Business and Economics will create more opportunities for students. Iron Mountain based CCI Systems donated over 50 pieces of equipment to support the new Information Systems Student Lab of the Management Information Systems program. Assistant Professor Jeffrey Wall says the computers, …

The Houghton Police Department says they responded to a call around 1:40pm Friday afternoon that a person had gone over the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Officers arrived on scene and found a person in the water near the bridge. Houghton Police officers as well as officers from Michigan Tech Public …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials said a recent $1.25 million capital outlay allocation has helped boost to nearly $3 million the total amount of funding available to design and construct master plan concepts at F.J. McLain State Park. Work was initially planned to begin this spring, but has been …

LANSING —State Rep. Scott Dianda (D-Calumet) will hold a listening town hall and coffee hours in House District 110 to give residents a chance to ask questions and share their concerns with him. “The good people of HD 110 hear me talking about what is going on in Lansing, and …

A papa owl that received a lot of media attention after it was shot and rehabbed two years ago is back at the Chocolay Raptor Center. On Friday, the center received a call that an owl was down on the ground across the street from St. Peter’s Cathedral in Marquette. …

Give Drugs the Boot has been moved to Saturday, April 22 at 12 p.m. near Finlandia Hall on the campus of Finlandia University. The event, which is hosted by Calumet High School’s S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Chapter, was originally scheduled for Saturday, April 1. “Due to the huge increase …

An effort is underway to help victims of devastating wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. Some two million acres of land have been burned resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of cattle and other livestock and the lives of six people who died trying to save them, …