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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that will allow more people with criminal convictions to have their records cleared. Among the provisions is an opportunity for those convicted of marijuana offenses to have their records expunged, if the offenses they committed would now be legal under the state recreational marijuana …

The COVID-19 infection rate has slowed in the Keweenaw. The most recent report from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department includes 44 more confirmed positives in the five-county area since the last report was released late Thursday. 21 of those confirmed cases were in Houghton County, which also reported one …

Northern Michigan University is holding a free juried art competition for Upper Peninsula artists. Between three and five winners will have their work displayed on banners outside the DeVos Art Museum on campus from mid-November through February. Winners will also receive a $250 cash prize. Artists must live and work …

The People of the Heart Water Walkers are expected to wrap up this year’s water walk today. Small groups of walkers left the Sand Point Lighthouse in Baraga Saturday morning. Carrying a copper vessel filled with water, they traveled to Houghton the first day, from Houghton to Eagle River yesterday, …

The Houghton County Road Commission is getting more goodies from the federal government than we were first told. A release from Congressman Jack Bergman’s office late last week identified U.S. Department of Agriculture funds that will be used to purchase a quad axle truck, a truck with a water tank …

The legal cases against those facing state charges in the alleged attempt to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and attempt to overthrow the state government have begun. • Paul Bellar of Milford is being held in South Carolina, where he is awaiting extradition; • Shawn Fix of Belleville was arraigned …

Authorities in the eastern Upper Peninsula are trying to track down around 50 men who gathered for a retreat last weekend. A person with an active case of COVID-19 attended the gathering, which took place at the United Methodist Church in Pickford. Others who attended are at risk, but leaders …

Houghton County schools will resume face to face instruction this morning. With revised state rules in place, all students will be required to wear masks at almost all times at school facilities, including inside classrooms. Mask-optional policies enacted earlier by some local school districts are no longer valid. Similar restrictions …

High School On the high school volleyball schedule tonight, Chassell travels to Wakefield-Marenisco. MLB The Rays edged the Astros 2-1 in the opening game of the American League Championship Series last night. Mike Zunino’s fifth-inning single drove home the winning run. Game two is set for this afternoon. The National …

High School In high school football yesterday, Ontonagon fell to Carney-Nadeau 58-38. Competition involving Houghton County high school teams should resume this week, now that face-to-face activities have been cleared by the Western U.P. Health Department. Schedules may be adjusted to try to make up some of the missed contests …