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The City of Houghton has big plans for Lakeshore Drive. Those include completing some water system loops along that stretch, as well as replacing some older sewers in the area and putting in some storm sewer connections. The project will have several benefits to the community. Houghton City Manager Eric …

A watchdog group says they’re pleased with the recent response from Northern Michigan University in regards to an outcry over its stance on students talking to other students about self-harm or suicide. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) says NMU has stated publically that it will discontinue its …

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan residents have until Tuesday, Oct. 11, to register to vote in the Nov. 8 presidential election, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today. “You must be registered to vote in order to participate in the upcoming general election,” Johnson said. “I encourage you to visit your …

First responders and EMS workers from across the U.P. and beyond gathered in Marquette for the UP-EMS Conference where they received some worrisome news. The 35-year-old contract between the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service’s EMS office and the Upper Peninsula Emergency Medical Services Corporation (UP-EMS) is coming to an end. News of …

The third annual Ride Against Abuse Community Awareness Event for the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home will begin at the Calumet Americinn at 6pm this evening. The event will start with a ceremony to remember victims and celebrate survivors. Participants will ride their motorcycles from Calumet along US-41 through Hancock …

Hancock, Michigan—The Environmental Endowment Advisory Committee of the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) is now accepting applications for its annual granting cycle. $3,400 is available from the Environmental Endowment Fund for local organizations supporting programs, projects, and activities related to a broad range of environmental concerns that include, but are not …

The Michigan State Police Calumet Post says the bodies of three missing boaters who left Chassell, MI for a fishing trip on Lake Superior and did not return on September 17th have been located.  On Saturday, October 1st at approximate 12:45 p.m., the sunken boat was located using sonar by …

Recovery efforts are underway in the Copper Country in the search for three missing boaters and their boat. According to the U.S. Coast Guard in Sault Ste. Marie, members of the Michigan State Police are conducting what’s being called a ‘Recovery Operation’ in the Keweenaw Bay. Three people: 61 year–old …

A Laurium man charged with murder is being ordered into treatment.   32-year-old Christian Paul Kitti was determined to be Incompetent to Stand Trial in 97th District Court in Houghton County. The court received a report from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Forensic Psychiatry. …

One of the cases in a recent drug bust in Atlantic Mine is moving forward. 52-year-old Anthony James Vencato appeared in 97th District Court in Houghton. He is facing a felony charge of possession of meth or ecstasy after being arrested a month ago when UPSET detectives executed a search …