Featured

Flags at Michigan state facilities will remain at half staff through November 1st in honor of the late former Governor William Milliken. Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered that the observance run 14 days – one day for each year Milliken served as governor. Milliken passed away Friday at his home in …

A section of ORV trail in Keweenaw County will be closed for the remainder of the fall. Logging operations have forced the state to shut down about 10 miles of trail 134, beginning two miles east of Lac La Belle Road, and continuing along the South Mandan Loop to Powder …

Northern Michigan University wants its graduates to be able to provide more help to its students. The new Alumni Resource Network is a joint effort by the Career Services and Alumni Relations offices. The goal is to put students in touch with professionals who can answer questions and provide advice …

High School In high school volleyball tonight… – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City visits Ewen-Trout Creek. – Jeffers welcomes Wakefield-Marenisco. Finlandia The Finlandia women’s soccer team lost 7-0 at Olivet College yesterday. The Lions men’s soccer team wraps up its regular season at Crown College this afternoon. GLIAC The Huskies soccer team …

High School In high school football yesterday, Lake Linden-Hubbell turned in an impressive 42-0 rout of Bark River-Harris. The Lakes scored on their first three possessions. Carter Crouch hit Cole Gregoire for a 29-yard touchdown pass, then ran 79 yards for their second score. After the Broncos fumbled the ensuing …

High School Jonah Dowd scores for the Purple Hornets. In high school football last night… – Calumet crushed Hancock 42-6. Dryden Nelson and Nick Djerf each scored twice for the Copper Kings, and Scott Loukus threw two touchdown passes. – Houghton lost at Negaunee 35-0. – L’Anse fell to Iron Mountain 51-6. …

You’ve probably been to a rock concert. But, have you ever been to a concert about rocks? You have that opportunity tonight. The Michigan Tech Fine Arts Department has put together a unique program featuring music about rocks, and even rocks, themselves. After a debut last night at the Rozsa …

United Auto Workers will be voting over the next week on the proposed new contract with General Motors. The end of the walkout can’t come fast enough for GM dealers across the country. In Houghton, though, Keweenaw Chevrolet General Manager Brandon Schlief says some new cars continue to arrive… Schlief …

An Ontonagon man was hurt when his vehicle ran off Lake Shore Drive just after noon yesterday. Ontonagon County sheriff’s deputies say David Tucker couldn’t remember how he crossed the centerline and wound up in a ditch just west of Slachta Road. He said he may have fallen asleep. Tucker …

This weekend’s Lake Superior Performance Rally will cause some road closures around the region. Only one of those will affect downtown Houghton. That will be the ceremonial closing stage tomorrow afternoon… Houghton police Lieutenant Nick Roberts says officers will be in place to facilitate shopping at lower level businesses affected …