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With a new school year underway at Michigan Tech, the City of Houghton has completed many of its preparations. City manager Eric Waara told the city council Wednesday night that several projects were finished in time for the school year. That included paving of some streets in areas where many …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball tonight… – Lake Linden-Hubbell welcomes Wakefeld-Marenisco. – Baraga plays at L’Anse. – Ewen-Trout Creek travels to Watersmeet. In cross country today, local teams run at the Hancock Invitational at McLain State Park. Finlandia The Finlandia University volleyball team …

MARQUETTE –  Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) crews are headed to Tampa, Florida to support restoration efforts after Hurricane Irma caused widespread outages. “Earlier this morning, UPPCO crews departed from the Upper Peninsula to assist with the restoration effort,” said UPPCO Vice-President Brett French. “We understand the challenges being confronted …

Renovations at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility are well underway. Facility Administrator Tammi Lehto gave an update to the county board of commissioners at their regular meeting Tuesday. Lehto said the project is about 45 percent complete at this time. Completed areas include the beauty salon, therapy space, community …

Houghton County needs a new jail, but it is still unclear what the final project will look like. The board of commissioners voted Tuesday to put out a request for proposals for the conceptual design of a jail addition, but many of the details are being left to the contractor …

The budget for the upcoming fiscal year was passed by the Houghton County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting Tuesday. County Administrator Eric Forsberg said there weren’t many changes to this year’s 2017-18 budget from last year. The budget shows $9,595,000 in revenues with $9,562,000 in expenditures, leaving a …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball last night… – Houghton shut out Lake Linden-Hubbell 3-0. – Calumet blanked Hancock 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-17). – Chassell visits L’Anse – not reported. – Baraga welcomes Watersmeet – not reported. – Ontonagon travels to Bessemer …

Simple Kindness for Youth is off to a great start this year as they raise money to help young people in the local area. Their seasonal newsletter says their goal is to give out $20,000 in grants this year, which would bring the total amount to $100,000 since they began. …

The Copper Country Humane Society is packed full. The Houghton animal shelter posted on Facebook over the weekend that they have received an unusual amount of strays and owner surrendered animals over the past week. Because of that, they had to temporarily stop taking in any more owner surrendered animals. …

Do the residents of L’Anse want to support the proposed solar power project? That’s what village officials and WPPI Energy are trying to find out. The project involves investing in solar power generation for village residents, paid for voluntarily by subscribers who would then see an additional charge on their …