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The Houghton city council will address what appears to be a light agenda at its meeting this evening. Council members will be asked to approve contractor payments for the ongoing sewer system upgrade, and a minor change to the city’s parking enforcement ordinance. To see the agenda and related documents, …

COVID-19 cases rose slightly in the Copper Country last week.  Updated figures released yesterday by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services showed 122 new confirmed cases in Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon and Baraga Counties, 10 more than in the previous week. Baraga County was responsible for the increase, with …

Several Copper Country communities will receive federal help to fund sewage system improvements. The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced the loans and grants yesterday. The North Houghton County Water and Sewage Authority will receive a $4,620,000 loan to repair and replace lines, and make the existing treatment …

A lot of small businesses start small, from the inside of a home garage, or a kitchen oven. Tonight at the MSU extension office, you can learn what it takes to sell food products to the public under Michigan Cottage Food Law. This workshop combines the business and food safety …

Michigan Tech and Michigan State universities are both working on developing solutions for using mass timber throughout Michigan. Michigan Tech has taken on the role of research and development for cross laminated timber. Mass timber has grown in popularity throughout the world, and demand in the United States has increased …

Continuing repair work on the Houghton-Hancock Bridge will slow traffic again over the next several days. Mechanical and electrical work will require multiple test lifts today and tomorrow. When required, lifts will take place at the top of the hour and the bottom of the hour.  Meanwhile, structural repairs will …

Nine businesses in the village of L’Anse will get help from the Downtown Development authority to spruce up their buildings. The DDA had planned to award five grants in this year’s façade program. At last night’s council meeting, village manager Bob LaFave said they increased the number because of the …

The Houghton city planning commission is expected to continue its discussion about the fate of the big parking deck tonight. The decision has been made to tear the aging facility down. City officials hope to make a decision about how to pay the $1 million removal cost by the end …

The Calumet Village Council could learn more tonight about how secure the thermal envelope of its historic village hall and theatre complex is. U.P. Engineers and Architects is scheduled to make a presentation about the building’s thermal envelope. A thermal envelope is the structure that keeps the outside out, and …

A Marquette woman was killed in a two-car crash on US-41 in the city Monday afternoon. Marquette police report that the 66-year-old woman was southbound in a minivan near the Welcome Center on the city’s south side when she crossed into the northbound lane, and collided with a truck. The …