Stanton Township Fire is offering Emergency Medical Responder training beginning in May. An EMR is the lowest level of training for first responders, but is a first step toward helping the community. The hope is to never have to use training in a real scenario, but it is always important …
Read More »Hancock Boil Water Alert Lifted
Residents of East Hancock can drink their tap water again. The Boil Water Alert that had been posted early this week for the area from Dunstan Street east to the city limits was lifted Thursday afternoon. It had been imposed after a repair created conditions under which contaminants might have …
Read More »COVID-19 Cases Rise, but Remain Low
COVID-19 case numbers nearly doubled in our region over the past week, but still remain very low. Forty new cases were confirmed, with 24 of those in Houghton County. Twenty-one cases had been confirmed in the previous week. No COVID-related deaths were registered. Official numbers are probably low, since cases …
Read More »Sisu Shuffle Saturday
Walkers and runners can shake off the winter rust Saturday at the UP Health System-Portage Sisu Shuffle. Organizer Angela Luskin says the 5k event is informal, fun, and inclusive… It is family-friendly, all are welcome, the course will be stroller-friendly, and pets are welcome if they’re on leashes. Participants may …
Read More »Tigers Fans Boo as Cabrera is Walked – Friday Sports Wrap
High School In high school baseball yesterday… • Calumet v Ironwood – canceled. • L’Anse v Iron Mountain – no report. On the baseball schedule today, weather and field conditions permitting… • Houghton travels to Kingsford. • Calumet journeys to Northland Pines. On the baseball schedule tomorrow… • Calumet at Ontonagon …
Read More »One Dead in Fatal Car Crash on M-26 Yesterday
Update: the victim has been identified as Anthony Paul Shepheard. See his obituary here. A fatal car accident occurred on M-26 yesterday in Calumet. At close to 6pm Michigan State troopers responded to a two vehicle personal injury crash near Henwood Road, on M-26. A 27 year old Calumet man …
Read More »Portage Lake Lift Bridge Dedication Ceremony Finally Scheduled
After 2 long years the American Society of Civil Engineers will finally dedicate the Portage Lake Lift Bridge as a national historic engineering landmark. The ceremony is schedule for 10 am on June 17th, and will be a perfect way to kick off the long awaited return of Bridgefest. Both …
Read More »Retraction; Keweenaw County Moving Forward with Materials Management, Purchasing New Tractor
Retraction: Keweenaw County has chosen to repair the tractor owned by the county. The tractor repair will cost 6,600 dollars. The county is not purchasing a tractor as reported yesterday by Keweenaw Report. The county did discuss the possability of purchasing a tractor, but chose to go with repair when …
Read More »Village of Laurium to Consider Police Pay Raise
Laurium’s part time police officer may get a raise soon. On Wednesday the village decided to table pay raises to next month’s meeting. The goal for the police department would raise wages up to 20 dollars an hour for part time police. This will help the department be more competitive …
Read More »Hancock Changes Trash System, Will Ask for Public Safety Millage
Hancock residents will no longer need to purchase special bags for their trash. At last night’s meeting, the city council voted to replace the custom bags with stickers. Stickers will cost a dollar each. City officials say they’ll actually lose money at that rate, but they hope the shortfall will …
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