Local News

As the Lake Superior fishing season opens, anglers are being asked to keep an eye out for marked splake. Splake are a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout. They have been stocked in Lake Superior by the Department of Natural Resources since 1971, particularly in Copper Harbor, Keweenaw …

The Copper Country Community Arts Center has issued a call for artwork based on the iconic Houghton-Hancock Bridge.  The Lift Bridge will be honored during Bridgefest this year as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. In recognition, the Arts Center plans a community exhibition of art inspired by the bridge.  …

Last Saturday A Hazel Park man was arrested by Houghton County Sheriff after a narcotic trafficking stop. During the investigation deputies executed a search warrant on the vehicle and a residence in Dollar Bay. The sheriff sized 3.8 ounces in crystal methamphetamine, a firearm, and several items used for drug …

May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s month. Tomorrow evening on Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College’s campus the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force will show the film Ring of Silence. The movie depicts the story of Michigan high school teens who became victims …

Houghton County District Two will finally get a new commissioner today, when Kevin Codere takes the oath of office. Codere will serve through the end of the year, filling out the term left vacant when Albert Koskela died April 24th. State law requires that empty county board seats be filled …

Pam Que has been named President Pro-Tem of the Calumet village council. At last night’s meeting, the village council tapped Que to fill the Downtown Development Authority’s seat on the Historic District Commission, as well. She will also join Village Manager Amber Goodman on the Calumet Theatre Lease Committee. That …

Laurium will move many of the village’s heritage records to the Keweenaw National Historical Park. The village hall basement holds documents and tax rolls dating back to the town’s founding in the 19th century. Last night, the village council agreed to have the park store and preserve the documents, and …

Garage and rummage sale season has arrived. Lake Linden will host its annual “Find It Here” community rummage sale Saturday. Individual sales will be set up in and around the village. Some are individual and family sales. Some raise money for nonprofits. Maps of the sale locations are available at …

High School In high school baseball yesterday• Calumet split its twinbill against Negaunee, dropping the opener 18-7, and winning the nightcap 9-4.• Lake Linden-Hubbell lost both of its games against Ironwood, 10-0 and 9-3. In softball yesterday…• Houghton swept Baraga, 21-8 and 12-2.• Calumet split with Westwood, winning the opener …

Seasonal weight restrictions will be lifted Wednesday morning at 8:00 for most roads in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties. Load limits will end on all paved roads, and most gravel roads. Restrictions will remain in effect on some gravel roads. If you plan to haul over gravel roads, call …