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Houghton’s City Council held their monthly meeting last night, City Manager Eric Waara gave an update on the parking situation. Next Wednesday, there will be two focus group meetings with the parking consultants. The first meeting will be at 9am, while the second meeting is at 5:30pm. A link to …

NFL The National Football League amateur draft begins with the first round tonight. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, general managers will take part via computer links from their homes, as will league commissioner Roger Goodell. The Detroit Lions say they will have an IT specialist camped out in GM Bob Quinn’s …

The Copper Country ISD Board of Education held their first electronic meeting last night, and it went off without any problems. Superintendent George Stokero informed the board that the State Board of Education listened to a presentation regarding the Supporting Kids Through radio project, which happens Monday through Friday at …

The Houghton City Council holds their monthly meeting, electronically, at 5:30pm tonight. Topics to be discussed include the Spring clean up, the cities families first policy along with updates from the city manager and Chief of Police. A link to join the meeting electronically is here. You can call 929-205-6099 and …

Face Masks from  the Keweenaw is a local volunteer group, currently making reusable cloth face masks for healthcare workers and those most at risk for COVID-19. Mary Sue Hyslop, founder, said they started in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, but are now also working with Baraga and Ontonagon counties as well. …

Governor Whitmer has extended her executive order, which gives pharmacists increased operational capacity, and increases access to prescriptions. The extended order gives pharmacists the power to dispense emergency refills for up to 60 days worth of medications and requires insurers to cover up to 90days worth of refills during the …

The Superior Health Foundation has awarded nearly $124,000 in health centered grant funding, to nine organizations in the Upper Peninsula. It has also awarded $17,500 in Indigent Care funding. $2,500 of which went to Houghton’s Omega House, which provides end of life care to those who need it, regardless of …

A Michigan Tech student has won one of the nations highest awards for college undergraduates. Kaylee Meyers, a third year biomedical engineering major, has won the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Meyers is only the 12th Michigan Tech student to win the award. The scholarship was established in 1989 to honor …

It’s been three weeks since Census Day 2020 and Houghton Country is behind in both state and national response rates. Chairman of the Houghton County Complete Count Committee Glen Anderson checked in, and let us know how Houghton County is doing. The Census is important as it determines not only …

While there hasn’t been much news in the COVID-19 battle in the Western Upper Peninsula recently, that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods just yet. Kate Beer from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department  checked in and let us know that more positive cases are still a possibility. To …