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The City of Houghton’s current medical marijuana ordinance does not comply with the recently passed Medical Marijuana Facility Licensing Act. As the December 15th deadline approached, the city chose to rely on its existing ordinance and to take no further action as the new rules went into effect. It was …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school boys basketball last night… – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City dominated Hancock 83-43. The Blue Bolts outscored the Bulldogs 48-17 in the second half, and held them scoreless in the fourth quarter. Jaden Janke led Dollar Bay with 37 …

HANCOCK — The reindeer are coming! The reindeer are coming! After several years of waiting, Heikinpäivä festival-goers will be pleased to know that this year’s festival will include three reindeer as part of the outdoor activities on Quincy Green. Thanks to an initiative by Finlandia University President Philip Johnson and …

UP Health System – Portage and Michigan Tech are teaming up to compare various methods of charging pain-treatment implants for patients with chronic back and lower limb pain. The results of this study will be used to create a new charging system for patients who have pain-mediating implants.  The primary …

Keweenaw residents say goodbye to long time friend and fellow community member Pat Campioni, who died Monday at his winter home in Florida. A third generation grocer, Campioni was the name sake of Pats foods, a chain of nine Upper Peninsula stores still owned and operated by the family today. …

From among the worst to one of the best–that was the theme of Governor Rick Snyder’s final state of the state address Tuesday night. The Republican governor touted that under his leadership, Michigan has surged from a state in the bottom 10 of the country to among the top 10, …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school hockey last night… – Houghton scored three goals in the final four minutes, and came from behind to edge Kingsford 4-3. – The Calumet game at Negaunee was postponed to February 14th. In girls basketball last night, …

With this year’s flu season gaining attention on a national level, area parents are being reminded of the importance of immunization. The dominant strain of the current virus is known as H3N2 and is also believed to be behind two other severe flu seasons of recent years. “We are very …

Michigan Tech will host one of three meetings in the area of the Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force along with the Michigan State Police, during Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The public invited to an open session from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the Memorial Union Ballroom B, on …

HANCOCK — There’s still a place for you in the music workshops that Heikinpäivä is providing this year, so don’t miss a beat, and reserve your seat! Festival programming continues Tuesday with a lecture and recital about the ancient Finnish instrument jouhikko, which was nearly lost to history but is …