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The Portage Lake District Library invites everyone to visit the library and celebrate National Library Week from April 10 – April 15. Programs that will be offered throughout the week are as follows: Monday, April 10 GLDL: Free Streaming Video from Your Library, 3:00 – 4:00p.m. The library’s popular eBook …

COPPER HARBOR, Mich. – The 26th annual Aspirus Copperman Triathlon and Duathlon returns to Copper Harbor on Saturday, Aug. 5, and registration is now open. The Copperman Triathlon includes a half-mile swim in Lake Fanny Hooe, a 23-mile bike ride along the shores of Lake Superior and a 5-mile run …

Stanton Township Public Schools will be having an open house today at the E.B. Holman School from 6:00-7:00 p.m. to allow public, community members, and families a chance to explore their new renovations. There will be a short presentation at 6:00 p.m. followed by refreshments and a chance to tour …

Visitors to the Porcupine Mountains and Ontonagon County in Michigan’s scenic Upper Peninsula this spring and summer will find dozens of waterfalls, from rushing juggernauts like Bond Falls to the calmer cascades nestled in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Now, waterfall seekers have a chance to win a getaway …

Overcrowding at the Houghton County Jail has led to the sheriff once again invoking the Emergency Powers Act. Sheriff Brian McLean has advised county officials that the jail has remained at full or above capacity for the entire first week of April. The notification follows the County Jail Overcrowding State …

The search for a missing Hancock man is over. The body of 33-year-old Kenneth Ryan Clark was found Saturday in the Portage Canal. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office says two people were walking along the trail on Lakeshore Drive near the Kestner Waterfront Park just before 2:00pm. They noticed what …

The impact to the environment from a sunken fishing boat in the Portage Canal should be minimal. That’s the word from the U.S. Coast Guard who are conducting a federal pollution mitigation response to an oil spill in Houghton County. Recovery and clean up crews were on scene today near …

There are a lot of fans of the Green Bay Packers at the Bluffs Senior Community in Houghton. So when the Packers Tailgate Tour stopped in for a visit, it was quite a surprise. Several current and former players talked with fans and honored the veterans. Packer Hall of Fame …

April 7, 2017 — Planned maintenance work on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge scheduled for Monday, April 10, will result in several brief full bridge closures (up to 15 minutes) throughout the day. The closures are expected to occur between 9 and 11:30 a.m. and also between 1 and 3:30 p.m. The closures will likely result in …

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is leading efforts to remedy erosion concerns discovered this week at Highland Copper’s exploration sites on road commission property, along County Road 519 in Gogebic County. Over the past several weeks, Highland Copper Co. Inc. has been conducting exploration of copper minerals situated beneath …