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Houghton County’s Building Official has been named to the board of directors for the Code Officials Conference of Michigan. Houghton County Building Official Todd LaRoux, who recently attended the Code Officials Conference of Michigan’s annual meeting last month, was asked to join the group’s board of directors. The Code Officials …

Giving Tuesday last year kept on giving to the Copper Harbor Trails Club. Around the time of the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s Giving Tuesday event last year, CHTC announced that the club would be partnering with biking industry leader, SRAM, to match the club’s Giving Tuesday donations and fundraising …

Houghton Portage Township Schools SRO Officer responds to a threat of violence at the middle school. Yesterday Houghton Middle middle school principal reported that a student had made a statement of violence against three other students. SRO Office Kirk Mills was able to remove the student from the school. District …

Since the start of Giving Tuesday, the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation has worked with a wide range of other area non-profits to bring the community the largest day of fundraising in the region. Since the beginning of Giving Tuesday, 31 Backpacks has been one of many local groups that …

Thirteen years ago Equipment Loan of the Keweenaw began working with disabled members of the community to source medical equipment. Purchasing a new wheelchair or getting maintenance can add up. With the group’s years of connections and a closet with some used equipment, Equipment Loan of the Keweenaw has helped …

Hancock Public Schools had a wide range of respondents to the district’s superintendent survey. A little over 150 people in the community submitted a survey to the district, the majority of those having lived in the district for more than 10 years. The survey asked a variety of questions that …

By now many homes have likely already begun to turn on the heater as the temperatures dip and winter moves into the upper peninsula. And with the change of the seasons comes higher energy bills for keeping the house warm. UPPCO knows that there are homes throughout its service region …

No one was injured in a single-car crash with a deer in Ontonagon County Saturday afternoon. The Ontonagon County sheriff reports that a male driver in Greenland Township was traveling north on Rousseau Road, now west of Heitla Road. When a deer jumped out in front of his vehicle. The …

Dad plays a major role in the development of a child. Over the years, the Keweenaw Family Resource Center says that dads have begun taking on larger child-rearing roles in the household. Whether parents are splitting care responsibilities, or a father operates as a stay-at-home father. Later this week, KFRC …

The Hancock public school board will call a special meeting tonight. The Hancock school board has had tonight’s date on the calendar for a while, as the district continues its search for a new superintendent. Last month Hancock School collected survey responses from the community, HPS families, and district stakeholders, …