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The waterfront in Downtown Houghton may soon have a boardwalk-style pier for holding special events. The city is exploring grant opportunities through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for community redevelopment and placemaking in downtowns. Recent conversations with the MEDC indicated that a larger project for Houghton may be viable along …

Contaminated soil cleanup efforts are expected to be completed by the weekend in Chassell. At that time, the highway will reopen to both lanes of traffic on US-41. Truckload after truckload, crews have been removing the fuel soaked soil for nearly two weeks from the spill site where an overturned …

Michigan Tech students, faculty, and members of the community are invited to take part in a monthly environmental movie night. The presentation is part of the Greenfilm series, that is now in its seventh year and will be followed by a group discussion.   “This is a program where we …

Rates at the county marina are going up. The Houghton County Board of Commissioners approved a 6 percent increase of the rates at their regular meeting Tuesday. County Administrator Eric Forsberg said the last rate increase was in 2013. The board also approved the sale of a parcel of property …

The county board approved a proposal to put a millage renewal on the August ballot for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. The current millage is 1.0 mill.  The renewal would include an increase of 0.15 mills to cover the cost of the increasing number of veterans coming to the office …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners received an update on the discussion of the jail addition at their regular meeting Tuesday. County officials met with various groups to discuss the design of the jail during a three day workshop earlier this month. The addition would go behind the courthouse where …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners agreed to sell property at the fairgrounds in Hancock to the Houghton County Fair. The purchase will protect the fair if for some reason the property would suddenly become unavailable down the road and the fair was forced to move. Such a move would …

A mass-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies is in the works and Houghton County is being invited to take part. Attorneys from The Sam Bernstein Law Firm and Weitz & Luxenberg spoke to the County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting Tuesday. Dozens of municipalities have already agreed to retain …

The deadline for submissions for the Create the Logo contest is Friday, February 16th. Houghton/Keweenaw Communities That Care is seeking a new logo created by youth in the community. Dollar Bay student Hayley Beaudoin says their organization’s main purpose is prevention.  “The 8th, 10th and 12th graders took a survey …

A young Keweenaw girl is celebrating an achievement today as she enters a martial arts ranking system. Second grader Flora Reitz was recently awarded her first belt, and she is the first child under the age of 15 to receive a belt from the Keweenaw Jiu Jitsu Academy. “It’s a …