The search for a missing L’Anse man is over. Michigan State Police were notified around 1:20am Friday of a body found in Powell Township in Marquette County about seven miles north of the intersection of Northwestern Road and AAA Rd. A camper came across the body and called police after …
Read More »Keweenaw Brewgrass Performing To Raise Money For Calumet Theater's Elevator Project
They’re about halfway there and climbing. The Calumet Theater has been raising funds for a much needed elevator to the second floor balcony and ballroom. The historic venue has raised nearly $150,000 of the estimated $300,000 needed for the Lift Us Up Elevator project. To help get them closer, local …
Read More »Omega House Receives Grant For Massage Therapy Program
The Superior Health Foundation is helping a local hospice care home to provide a much appreciated service. The foundation awarded over $6,000 to the Omega House in Houghton for their Caring Hands program. The program provides professional therapeutic massages to the terminally ill residents, and if time allows, to family …
Read More »PHF Grant Will Support Greenhouse/Garden At Houghton Middle School
[Hancock, MI] The Portage Health Foundation awarded $5,000 to the Houghton Middle School to assist with the construction costs of a garden and greenhouse on the school’s campus. PHF is committed to helping area students, residents, and visitors lead healthy and meaningful lives. Through the construction of a greenhouse and …
Read More »Wolf Population Holding Steady
The wolf population is holding steady. That’s the report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, who recently released the findings of their most recent survey of wolves in the Upper Peninsula. DNR Wildlife Division officials estimate there was a minimum of 618 wolves in the U.P. this winter. Though …
Read More »Ontonagon Team Wins 2016 Local History Smackdown
Knowing one of the three former names of MTU gave the Nonesuch Know-It-Alls of Ontonagon the Smackdown Trophy in the 14th edition of the local history event Thursday night at the Calumet Theatre. Ten high school teams started the quiz sponsored by the Keweenaw National Historic Park, fielding questions on …
Read More »Michigan Made Grand Opening Saturday
Downtown Houghton will soon be home to Biggby Coffee and Quality Inn & Suites. Nationally-recognized names–but that doesn’t mean people still don’t get excited when a new family-owned store opens up. Michigan Made specializes in products made in the Great Lakes State, with a noticeable emphasis on wine and beer. …
Read More »Effort Underway To Make CPR Training Mandatory In High Schools
A student in west Michigan and his friend are pushing for a House bill to require CPR training for all students before they graduate from high school. That’s after Tyler Menhart performed CPR on his friend, Noah Weeda, after he collapsed during a soccer workout. State Representative Thomas Hooker, of …
Read More »Trump's Potential Impact On State Elections
With Donald Trump declaring himself the presumptive GOP nominee for president, how could that impact GOP efforts to keep control of the Michigan House? Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick has more.
Read More »State House Speaker Could Be Called To Testify In Courser-Gamrat Hearing
The legal wheels are grinding as two former lawmakers are hoping to put their former boss, the GOP Speaker of the House, on the witness stand. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick sorts it out.
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