There’s an open seat on the Houghton City Council. A letter of resignation from former City Council member Gernot Joachim to the council was read at their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday. Joachim called his decade of service to the city an honor and a privilege. Now pursuing a career …

Changes could be coming to how garbage is collected in the Village of Laurium. A proposed change to the Village ordinance would require all residents and businesses to purchase and use Village approved containers for garbage disposal. A public hearing will be held at the open council meeting on December …

A Planned Parenthood official in Michigan is not satisfied with the pro-life reaction to deadly shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. Pro-life groups have condemned the killings, but Lori Carpentier of Planned Parenthood in Michigan says words matter and some of the things pro-life groups have said about …

A U.S. Congressman from Michigan continues to vehemently oppose effort by Canada to build a nuclear waste storage facility near Lake Huron. Canadian officials have delayed a plan by 90-days to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Ontario, less than a mile from Lake Huron. But Democrat Dan Kildee …

A measure that aims to spell out what happens to the photos you store online and your Facebook and Twitter accounts when you die has passed the Michigan House. The bill, sponsored by State Representative Anthony Forlini is designed to protect digital assets. He says, with more and more people …

State Representative John Kivela hopes to return to Lansing sometime next week after suffering what he described as major internal blood loss this week. Kivela, who was arrested last month for having a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, hasn’t been at the Capitol since. To date …

Two bills revamping election laws in Michigan could be on the fast-track to approval. One bill, which would allow people to vote absentee without giving a reason, passed out of a committee Wednesday even though it wasn’t on the agenda. And a measure to eliminate straight-ticket voting is on the …

Hunger is a continuing problem in the Copper Country. Stop the Roar of Hunger is a new initiative from the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) to raise awareness and funds to help fight this problem. Recent statistics show that the need cannot be understated. PHF Fund Development Assistant Chelsea Goodreau said, …

If you didn’t bag a buck, don’t worry, you weren’t alone. Michigan’s firearms deer season wrapped up Monday night at sunset. Looking at the early numbers, DNR Biologist Brian Roell says that firearm season was very poor when they compared it to the last ten seasons. The Marquette DNR Check …

Collaborations, events, and a new website were talked about at the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and elections. The purpose of this meeting is to elect board members into open positions and update the chamber members on what the chamber accomplished in the past year and what to look …