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Houghton firms up Community Night Out plans

The City of Houghton is bringing back “Art on the Town” for the Community Night Out September 4th. Manager Eric Waara likens it to a farmer’s market without the produce. As long as you made it. It’s a “hand-made thing,” so you could probably see anything from woodworking projects to …

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Fatal accident closes 41 Sunday night

Update: The identity of the woman killed in Sunday’s crash has been provided by Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. Her name is Marlene Beaudoin. Keweenaw Report reached out to the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday for an update on the condition of the others that were hospitalized. No further information was …

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Calumet Electronics hosting job fair Saturday

Calumet Electronics is nearly finished with its headquarters expansion, and that could mean good news for your career. The company is hosting a job fair Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM looking to fill 75 positions, mostly in manufacturing. The event is being billed as family friendly. You are …

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Israeli data accurately predicting COVID trends

If you want to know what the next chapter in the COVID saga looks like, look to Israel. The small Middle Eastern nation has a population that is less than the State of Michigan and was one of the first countries to introduce mass vaccinations to its population. Israel only …

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EMT shortage causing some departments to close

Bay Ambulance Director Gary Wadaga knew he was going to be a paramedic from a young age. I actually watched our local – at the time they didn’t have EMTs – respond to my grandfather who suffered a cardiac arrest, and they were able to revive him. I thought that’d …

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Lake levels peaking for year

The Army Corps of Engineers does not expect any records of the Great Lakes this year as we enter seasonal peak. Lake Superior’s all-time mark from 2019 will be safe. Water levels tend to rise until late summer before retreating through the winter period. The trough is reached right before …

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Narcan distribution event on August 31st

The local chapter for UP Communities That Care will be participating in a free Narcan distribution event. The medicine is used primarily as a means to halt the effects from a narcotic overdose, particularly opioids and heroin. It comes in the form of a nasal spray. For Houghton and Keweeenaw …

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Minnesota man drowns in Portage Canal

Monday afternoon at 4:00, Hancock Police Department was called out to a dead body on the canal shoreline in the 1400 block of Jasberg Street. It had been in the water for about a week and its condition made a positive identification difficult. That same day, two women had contacted …

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Circle Power Hits Standstill with Scotia Wind Farm

The winds are gone from circle power’s sails. On July 30th EGLE rejected the company’s proposal to build 12 wind turbines in the Stanton and Adams township area. Hugh Mcdiarmid of EGLE says that the threat to bats and raptors is too great to approve the Scotia wind farm at …

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Houghton clears way to begin parking deck replacement planning

Following action at the last Houghton City Council meeting, the group is already making plans to start the process that will decide what replaces the downtown parking deck. The goal is to have public input, and to ensure that happens, the body is turning to a familiar face. Pat Coleman …

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