Keweenaw County is working with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) to update its five-year Recreation Plan. Keweenaw County residents can assist in the planning effort by taking a short survey. The survey is available on the Keweenaw County website at https://tinyurl.com/KeweenawRec. Paper copies are also available …

Though they are concerned, there’s no need to worry. That’s the message from the City of Houghton following test samples that showed a few homes with slightly higher lead levels in the drinking water. City officials stress that, out of 20 homes surveyed on the three-year cycle, only three had …

Adoba Industries will not be purchasing the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. The company withdrew from consideration and appear to be no longer interested in the historic property. The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners had chosen to move ahead with Adoba after another company, Anthony Lane Partners, LLC, had pulled their intent …

Homer W. “Smokey” Collins, Jr., age 71, of Skanee, passed away at his home on Sunday, November 5, 2017 with his family by his side. He was born in Skanee, Michigan on October 11, 1946, the son of the late Homer and Dorothy (Glover) Collins. Smokey attended school in Skanee. …

Timothy K. “Tim” Kristo, age 50, of L’Anse passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital, L’Anse. He was born in Marquette, MI on April 3, 1967, the son of Kenneth and Karen (Godell) Kristo. Tim graduated from L’Anse High School in 1985. He married the …

November 7, 2017              Laurium   Marvin Berg, 77, a resident of Red Jacket Street in Laurium passed away at Woodland Haven in the Houghton County Medical Care Facility. He was born on May 31, 1940 in Florida Location a son of the late Ronald and Agnes (Luttinen) Berg. He grew up …

Beatrice A. Niemi, 81, a resident of Calumet passed away on Tuesday November 7, 2017 in Lake Linden. She was born on August 11, 1936 to Thomas C Thompson and Laura (Katisko) Dreyer in Detroit. She was later adopted by her stepfather Anthony Dreyer. She attended the local schools, and …

Arlene Bykkonen, 65, a resident of Calumet passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. Arrangements will be announced by the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home.

Twenty-five teachers and middle and high school students from Houghton Middle and High Schools and from Calumet High School will be able to attend Diwali Night at Michigan Tech for free. A $1,000 grant to provide the tickets was awarded to the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative and the Copper Country …

A bill to reform no-fault auto insurance in Michigan may have failed in the House, but State Representative Scott Dianda says the effort to lower insurance rates is not over. Dianda voted against the bill, arguing a reduction in Personal Injury Protection would have done next to nothing to reduce …