High School In high school boys basketball last evening, Calumet outscored Ontonagon 63-51. In girls hoops last evening… – Calumet defeated Houghton 54-45. Elli Djerf of the Copper Kings led all scorers with 22 points. Josie Connors scored 18 for the Gremlins. – Lake Linden-Hubbell smothered Dollar Bay-Tamarack City 61-11. – Chassell …
Read More »Hancock Holding Public Hearing On Recreational Marijuana Business Opt-Out Ordinance
The city of Hancock is holding a public hearing Wednesday, January 15th to listen to comments about the proposed ordinance to opt-out of the law permitting recreational marijuana businesses. City officials state that this decision is not intended to be the city’s long-term position on recreational marijuana establishments but is …
Read More »Robot Legs Help Injured Vet Back On His Feet
Looking like something out of a 1990’s science fiction movie, retired Air Force Captain and local athlete, Dean Juntunen showed his friends his latest achievement. “So right now what I’m doing is strapping myself into this exoskeleton and I tell the robot to walk and then it starts stepping and …
Read More »Michigan’s US Senators Concerned Soo Locks Money Could Be Diverted To Pay For Border Wall
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following news reports that President Trump is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to identify funds that could be used for construction of a border wall, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), co-Chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and Gary Peters (D-MI), member of the Senate Great Lakes Task …
Read More »Lending A Helping Hand To Families In Need
This Saturday, you can use your hands to help others while holding on to a tasty pulled pork sandwich. Helping Hands of the Keweenaw will be holding a soup and pulled pork sandwich fundraiser at the Horizons School in Mohawk from 11am to 2pm. Volunteer Toni Waara says the organization …
Read More »Houghton Hockey Beats Hancock – Tuesday Sports Wrap
High School In high school hockey last night… – Houghton defeated Hancock 6-1. – Jeffers fell to Negaunee 4-3 in overtime. Riley Loukkala scored the game-winner for the Miners. Nolan Corwin stopped 47 shots to earn the win. In boys basketball last evening… – Houghton dropped a 55-54 overtime heartbreaker …
Read More »DNR announces $100,000 available in UP deer habitat improvement grants
Over the last decade, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has invested over $630,000 of hunting license sales revenue to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the Upper Peninsula. That significant investment has been made through the Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative, a competitive grant program offered through the …
Read More »Mall Walking–Paralyzed Mass City Veteran Uses Robotic Legs
A paralyzed veteran from Mass City is up walking around for the first time in nearly three decades with the help of a robotic exoskeleton. 58-year-old Dean Juntunen is a medically retired captain from the Air Force who was severely injured in a fall in 1991. He volunteered to take …
Read More »Power Outage Leads To Fraudulent Charges For Some SNB Customers
Superior National Bank is working to address a problem over the weekend that led to some fraudulent activity on some customers’ debit and ATM cards. Most of the fraudulent charges were less than $100 and bank officials are contacting affected customers directly and removing any fraudulent charges and corresponding fees …
Read More »Houghton Approves Property Sale For New Meijer Location
Residents in the Houghton and Hancock area will soon have a new big box grocery and retail store to choose from. Discussions have been underway for nearly a year between Meijer, Inc. and the city offices about the possibility of a Houghton Meijer location. The sale of that property was …
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