Santa Claus will once again be the main attraction at this Saturday’s Christmas in Calumet. This time, Santa will be hearing children’s Christmas wishes at Rowe’s Furniture on historic 5th Street from 11am to 1pm. Free horse-drawn wagon rides will again be offered from 11am to 3pm tomorrow. The horses …

For years, locals have been lighting the tree at UP Health System- Portage in memory and honor of their loved ones. Portage Health Auxiliary President Barb Worrall says the Lights of Love celebration gives people a chance to donate in the name of a lost friend or family member or …

Two people are recovering from injuries sustained in a two-car accident yesterday afternoon. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department investigated the accident which happened at the intersection of Main Street and Paradise Road in Portage Township. Investigators say a Ford pickup truck driven by an 18-year-old Dodgeville man pulled out from …

The General Motors ignition switch compensation fund paid a total compensation of nearly $595 million. Washington Attorney Kenneth Feinberg was in charge of the fund. His firm reports over 90-percent of owners involved in accidents due to a faulty ignition switch accepted offers from GM. All of the 124 death …

A measure requiring hospitals give detailed discharge instructions to family caregivers has cleared the Michigan Senate. The bill is called the CARE Act. AARP Michigan is pushing the legislation. The AARP’s Lisa Dedden-Cooper says it would go a long way in helping people with little medical training provide basic care …

Businesses could keep lifesaving epinephrine injectors on hand in case an employee or customer has an allergic reaction, under a bill that’s now bound for the governor. The legislation passed the House in September and cleared the Senate Thursday. The bill’s sponsor, State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons, says a business …

The Michigan Senate could vote next week to break up a pair of bills that would change the way you vote on Election Day and the days leading up to it. One of the bills would do away with straight-ticket voting while another bill would allow people to vote absentee …

A fatal car crash involving an Ingham County Sheriff’s deputy late last year, and how long it took to find the driver of the SUV Grant Whitaker was chasing, is the inspiration behind a bill that passed the Michigan House Thursday. State Representative Tom Cochran, D-Mason, says it took five …

When Waste Management began charging $4 per vehicle to drop off recyclables at their center in Houghton, some say the amount of items brought to the center dropped by as much as 50 percent. So what are Houghton residents supposed to do? A team from Michigan Tech says, “Do what Hancock …

It all starts with coding. Before the birds can get angry and before the first Minecraft brick can be laid, someone needed to write the instructions on how to do it in a way a computer would understand. During Computer Science Education Week, tens of thousands of Hour of Code …