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At a low-key Houghton City Council meeting last night, councilors voted to advance a slight change to the parking enforcement code. The adjustment will allow the council to confirm future parking fee changes as a resolution, instead of as a full ordinance. Officials anticipate that will allow more flexibility as …

The City of Houghton is looking for a couple of new board members. One person is needed for the Board of Review. The candidate must be an elector of the city, and an owner of property assessed for taxes in the city. The Board of Review meets in March, July …

The current detour around the Michigan Department of Transportation US-41 project in Houghton will stay in place well into the fall. Officials had hoped to revise the detour midway through the project. However, excavation for rebuilding underground utilities has been more extensive than anticipated, and that has caused a revision …

Firefighters from across the Upper Peninsula are gathering in the Copper Country for this year’s Volunteer Firefighters Tournament. The 127th edition of the tourney is being hosted by the Calumet Township Fire Department. Activities begin with a fire chiefs meeting this morning, and a firefighters association meeting this afternoon. Both …

Michigan Tech has a new boat.  MTU Image The 47-foot catamaran is now moored at the Great Lakes Research Center.  It was donated by alumnus Gary Hagstrom, a member of the class of 1972, who spent 35 years as an engineer and project manager for Chevron. Previously known as Crackerjack, …

The city of Hancock’s “Movies on the Green” series begins tonight.  Over the next seven Thursdays, family films will be screened outdoors at Quincy Green. Showings will begin at dusk, which means start times will become earlier as summer wanes. Tonight’s feature is Encanto, and should start around 9:30. There …

Hancock’s campground has a new bathhouse, thanks to Michigan’s recreation passport program. Michigan’s recreation passport funds are obtained from Michigan residents when they purchase their vehicle license plate tabs each year. The purchase of a recreation passport for your car provides access to many state parks, recreation areas, state forests, …

Used and loose razor blades are common hazards throughout household bathrooms. And the difficult part is getting rid of used shaving blades safely. MTU’s Sustainability Demonstration House has set up a recycling box for old and used razor blades, at the Hancock city hall. The recycling program will also accept …

Drafty windows and doors, an out-of-commission steam boiler, and an energy-inefficient roof. Those are among the reasons the Calumet Theatre and village office complex are losing heat each winter. The energy study conducted by U.P. Engineers and Architects was presented to the Calumet village council last night.  The report did …

More than a year after a fire destroyed three buildings in Calumet’s historic downtown, environmental clean-up of the site has been completed. The blaze broke out on the evening of May 21, 2021. It leveled three buildings in the 100 block of Fifth Street, and left around 30 apartment-dwellers homeless. …