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Houghton County continues to discuss the best ways to use federal money coming in from the American Rescue Plan. The county is expecting $6.8 million in ARPA funds. Some has already been earmarked for five new sheriff’s department patrol cars. At their monthly meeting yesterday, county commissioners discussed other options. …

Baraga County will spend some of its American Rescue Plan funds on new locks for the jail. At last night’s county board meeting, Sheriff Joe Brogan explained that the existing electronic locks were installed when the jail was built a quarter-century ago. They’ve been obsolete for a long time, and …

The Baraga County Board of Commissioners will look much different next year. Last night, first-term commissioner Lyle Olsen confirmed that he will not run for reelection in November. Olsen represents District Four. Two of the other five commissioners, Dan Robillard from District Three and current board chair Bill Rolof from …

The Baraga County Board of Commissioners has thrown its support behind four proposed road projects. Last night, Road Commission engineer Doug Mills presented the same two proposals he had brought to the L’Anse Village Council on Monday – reconstruction of the Broad Street-Main Street corridor in L’Anse, and replacement of …

Traffic will be restricted on the Houghton-Hancock Bridge for a while Thursday. The outside northbound lane will be shut down so the Michigan Department of Transportation can install equipment to count traffic on the bridge. The slowdown will begin at 9:00 Thursday morning, and is expected to last several hours.

A highly contagious avian influenza virus has been identified in the Upper Peninsula. Officials from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development confirmed the diagnosis in a non-commercial backyard flock in Menominee County. The facility has been quarantined. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) can be spread in various ways, …

Since 2020 election security has become a well discussed topic in many circles. And over the year various petitions have been passed around the state, some even making it through Michigan’s legislative process. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed all of those bills. Tomorrow night four panelist will talk about the …

Dial Help has a large reach throughout the copper country. Yesterday the agency released their annual report, detailing their various projects in the community and stats on their service in the region. Dial Help served nearly 4,000 people in the Keweenaw. Picking up the phone over 2,500 times with their …

A Chassell man was injured Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Houghton. City police report that a Kirkish Furniture delivery truck driven by a 55-year-old Laurium man was northbound on Bridge Street around 3:00 when the truck’s brakes failed while coming down the hill. The truck crossed Montezuma Avenue, …

A home badly damaged by fire more than a year ago in Houghton is being demolished.  The structure at 915 College Avenue, just east of Franklin Square, caught fire March 14th, 2021. It burned for hours. Firefighters were hindered in battling the blaze because of significant clutter inside.  Since then, …