Local News

The Houghton County Sheriffs Office is alerting residents about a scam that has been reported in the area. A person is calling people identifying himself as “Sgt. Johnson” with the “Warrant Unit.” The person is telling people that they need to go to Walmart and send money to the sheriff’s …

A Hancock man has been sentenced for the murder of a L’Anse man from an incident that occurred in September 2022. Yesterday the Houghton county circuit court sentenced Luke Kreider, 20 years old of Hancock, to serve 15 to 45 years in jail for the murder of Caleb Lynum of …

Michigan Tech University’s Rozsa Center events will be much easier to gain access to now, with performing arts department planning to implement a new payment program. After last year’s successful trial run of the program, the Rozsa Center will introduce a Pay As You’re Able Ticketing for the upcoming performance …

With summer winding down, and the school year nearly here, district leadership in the copper country are crossing ts and dotting Is before the start of school. Calumet Laurium Keweenaw schools accepted final bids for milk, pizza and bread provided in school meals. All three bids came in at about …

Hancock Public Schools will call a second special meeting this week, tonight. The board has plans to discuss a resignation letter tenured by board member Steve Koskela. The board met earlier in the week to appoint Chris Salani as the interim superintendent, and Charlie Klein to the board of education. …

Tonight Houghton’s city council will meet for the first of the city’s regular council meetings in the month of August. Ahead of the regular meeting the council will hold a public hearing for the city’s application for a Rural Development grant that will seek to purchase new equipment. Using the …

With so much natural beauty around the Keweenaw Peninsula, one may forget from time to time about the crown jewel located in the middle of Lake Superior. Next week the Isle Royale National Park Headquarters will bring back Family Day for the Keweenaw Peninsula. The event includes a no cost …

Michigan Tech’s students are just about ready to move in and get the school year started. And soon after the start of the fall semester is one of the university’s most exciting traditions that has been in place since 1989, The Parade of Nations. The festival celebrates the university and …

Downtown Houghton is full of quaint shops with years of expertise in their chosen crafts, stores full of one of a kind upper peninsula gifts, and fantastic restaurants with local dishes such as white fish or a pasty. A newcomer to the downtown business scene includes I-Love-Leathers, who have recently …

The City of Houghton will temporarily re open some of the parking on Lakeshore Drive today. The east end of the new parking lot will reopen for the public to use, with temporary striping allowing for 56 parking spots. A road closed sign will be placed at Huron Street to …