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While residents of the Keweenaw are getting ready for more snow, the Houghton County Road Commission is advising motorists to limit your travels over the next 24 hours and to try to stay off the roads as much as possible.   Houghton County Engineer Kevin Harju wants to remind drivers …

Another Sister March is in the works. A Women’s March was held on January 21st of last year in Washington DC, with several Sister Marches held in other cities, including locally across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. An anniversary Sister March on the Bridge will be held on Sunday, January …

The City of Houghton is one of 22 communities that will share in $1.4 million worth of passport grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. These funds help communities complete critical outdoor recreation facility renovations and improvements. $75,000 will go toward renovations of the restroom and shower facilities at …

If you’re going to try to set a world record for building snowmen, you’re going to need a lot of snow. The Undergraduate Student Government at Michigan Tech is organizing such an attempt at Sherman Field on February 10th. The goal is to set the Guinness World Record for the …

SAULT STE MARIE, Michigan — The Coast Guard is warning, Wednesday, of unstable ice conditions due to the warming temperatures in Northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and much of the Great Lakes. The public is encouraged to use extreme caution if partipating in recreational ice activities. If you’re planning to go …

A benefit concert for Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly is being held this Friday at the Rozsa Center. The concert is in memory of Ken Steiner, who Michigan Tech’s Jared Anderson says was a lover of music himself. Anderson said, “He was an active musician in the community. He sang …

Keweenaw area energy customers are being invited to attend a public forum Thursday afternoon in Hancock. The Upper Peninsula Power Company is holding a series of stakeholder forums across the U.P. and is seeking public input on its integrated resource plan.   Thursday’s Open House is the second of four …

The year 2017 was a busy one in the City of Houghton. The city council was given a full report in a wrap-up by city manager Eric Waara Wednesday night. The Lakeshore Drive project was the biggest one in the city and while it was not completely finished, it will …

A Wisconsin man is dead following a snowmobile accident in southern Houghton County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded to Trail #8 near M-28 Wednesday. 41-year-old Jamie Steen of Curtiss, Wisconsin was reportedly driving northbound on Trail #8 when he lost control of his snowmobile on a …

An Illinois woman was injured in a snowmobile accident on Tuesday in Ontonagon County. Deputies from the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office were called out to Trail #3 in Mass City shortly after 2:30pm. 74-year-old Judi Ann Young of Boloit, Illinois was traveling on Trail #3 when her ski caught a …