The City of Houghton’s Election Commission voted unanimously to schedule a special contest slated for May 3rd to fill the open council seat created by Dan Salo’s resignation. Salo is planning to winter in warmer weather beginning this year. The council had a chance to select one of eight applicants …

A Genesee County man has pleaded guilty to making a harassing phone call to Houghton County Clerk Jennifer Kelly during the 2020 election campaign. At a preliminary hearing this morning, Matthew Smith accepted a deal, in which he pleaded guilty to one count of malicious use of telecommunication services. He …

The Baraga County Chamber of Commerce will be welcoming shoppers outside its L’Anse headquarters for Small Business Saturday. A booth will be set up with refreshments and coupons to area stores. There will also be an opportunity to register to win $25 in Baraga Bucks, which act as a gift …

A storm system rapidly intensified Sunday causing winds to howl and some lake effect snow to kick up across the Upper Peninsula. Gusts reached over 50 miles per hour from Copper Harbor to the Straits of Mackinac, and that snarled commercial traffic on the ground and on Lake Superior. The …

An article appearing last week in Bridge Magazine highlighted at least 45 Michigan towns that had rejected allocated funds in the most recent federal stimulus bill. One of those is Houghton County’s Franklin Township. The piece by Jonathan Oosting notes that the municipalities are overwhelmingly conservative, as is most of …

The Village of Laurium is working on a Master Plan. Council President John Sullivan stops by to talk about it. Youthwork UP is known for its summer projects, but this year they will have a crew going throughout the winter in the Calumet area. Crew Leader Kevin Weir discusses.

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Michael Stoyanoff, age 55, of Calumet MI, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2021, at UP Health Systems Marquette.Michael will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and dear friend. Michael was born on January 17, 1966, in Fort …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Bertin Thomas, 90, a resident of Calumet passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday November 20, 2021.He was born on September 29, 1931 in Laurium to Henry and Dorothy (Giles) Thomas. He attended the local schools and graduated from Sacred …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Phillip Switzer, 72, a resident of Mohawk Michigan passed away on Saturday November 20, 2021 at UP Health System-Portage. Phillip was born in Flint Michigan on October 10, 1949 to Mary Lou Switzer. He graduated High school and attended one year …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Karen Louise Swanson, age 73 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. She was born January 2, 1948, in St. Petersburg, FL daughter of Ralph Sherman and Helmi Turpeinen. She spent her younger years growing …