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L’Anse DDA Offers Façade, Flower Grants

The L’Anse Downtown Development Authority is expanding its efforts to improve the appearance of the village this summer. The DDA is again offering its popular Façade Grant Program. Five grants of up to $2,500 each are available to help business owners upgrade their buildings’ appearance. Property owners must match the …

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Hancock Softball Sweeps Gwinn – Tuesday Sports Wrap

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school soccer yesterday…• Houghton girls v Kingsford – no report. In softball…• Hancock swept their doubleheader at Gwinn yesterday, 15-0 and 22-0. In softball today…• Calumet plays at Kingsford.• Houghton travels to Westwood.• Jeffers plays at Ironwood.• …

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Construction By Franklin Square Starts May 1st

The US-41 rebuilding project in Houghton restarts May 1.  This year’s project will finish water and sewer work, grading, and restoration at the Franklin Square area.  The City of Houghton and Michigan Department of Transportation invested about $9.6 million for the entire project of 1.1 miles of US-41 in Houghton. 

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PHF Offers Volunteer Emergency Services Grant

The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is offering their volunteer emergency services grant for the third year. The grant provides funding to volunteer emergency services in the Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties. PHF is providing up to $50,000 for successful proposals, and a maximum of $5,000 per RFP. To be …

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Michigan Tech Spring Commencement Speakers

Spring commencement is just around the corner for local universities. Michigan Tech has a new arrangement this year that will keep the ceremony to approximately two hours, which aims to keep the event more comfortable and meaningful for everyone involved. Approximately 300 graduate students will participate in their commencement on …

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Koppers and Copper Country Recycling Initiative Keep Toxic Materials Out of the Environment at E-Waste Collection Event

Cars loaded with old electronics, televisions, computers and more, were quickly unloaded by Koppers Employees helping the community recycle some very toxic metal and materials. Electronic components found in televisions and radios are commonly made using copper and nickel. Which if left outside in the environment can leach harmful metals …

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100 Block Fire Redevelopment Input Session

The 100 Block Fire destroyed 4 historic downtown Calumet buildings on May 21 2021, and the area is yet to be restored.  Mainstreet Calumet and the Village of Calumet is hosting a public input session regarding the redevelopment of the site.  Attendees will be led through a site orientation, review …

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O’Keefe Speaks On the Early Stages of Closing the University

Closing Finlandia is an involved procedure that takes time and effort from everyone involved. Receiver of Finlandia University, Patrick O’Keefe, explained some of the efforts that are going into closing the university.  Finlandia is currently going through a state-court receivership, meaning it’s being supervised by the Attorney General of the …

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Hancock Planning Commission Preview: Spring cleanups, and Finlandia Property

The Hancock Planning Commission meeting tonight will provide updates on the Spring Cleanup, the scrap tire event, the Pitch In for Parks cleanup event, and on Finlandia property. It is unknown at this point if there are any updates yet in the clarification as to what the Finlandia property constitutes, …

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Silver River Bridge Closed Due to Failure of Retaining Wall

The M-26 at Silver River Bridge between Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor closed on Saturday due to a collapse of the retaining wall.  Traffic will be detoured via a posted rout on US-41.  The closure is expected to last about 10 weeks.  The bridge has had single lane traffic since …

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