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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has released a modified plan for renovations of the Huron Island Lighthouse and surrounding structures. This comes after weighing four potential courses of action and receiving public input. Refuge Manager Sara Siekierski says the agency has opted for a Cultural Resources Management Plan …

Tuesday’s Calumet Village Council meeting lasted around an hour, with extensive public comment dominating the session. Many residents asked for more information regarding the recent theatre decision to temporarily close and perform a slew of maintenance improvements over the next two months. The announcement was paired with the termination of …

At Tuesday’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Tom Tikkanen commended State Representative Greg Markkanen and Senator Ed McBroom for bringing up a contingent of lawmakers from downstate to personally tour damage that remains from the Father’s Day flood. While the Department of Natural Resources has begun work on a …

The waters surrounding Isle Royale will be busier than normal this week. The United States Coast Guard is conducting a routine test of its Area Contingency Plan. The exercise is designed to measure the preparedness of state, local, and federal agencies if an accident were to happen on Lake Superior …

A package of bills in the State House is drawing the ire of the Michigan Association of the Registers of Deeds. House bills 4729-4732 would change the fee structure that county officials can charge for property record requests. The current rate is one dollar per page, in many cases below …

Tomorrow’s virtual breakfast presented by the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce and the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance will feature presentations by the city managers of Houghton and Hancock, as well as the Michigan Department of Transportation. The main thrust of each will be on construction. US-41, Sharon Avenue, and M-203 will …

In new forecasts, the Army Corps of Engineers – Detroit District shows all five Great Lakes expected to be below water levels reached last year. Superior is consolidating above its long-term average in a way not seen elsewhere in the system, though. The primary reason is weather related. Superior is …

The Calumet Theatre Board of Directors has decided to halt all professional performances through early July. The hard decision comes after over a year without concerts, but the body felt there are pressing improvements that need to be completed first. The full attention of the organization will be on installing …

Baraga County finished fiscal year 2020 in the black. At last night’s board of commissioners meeting, auditor Susan Sanders said that federal money from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act helped the county finish the year with a surplus. The dark cloud on the horizon remains the county’s …

Fifty-five percent of eligible Michiganders have received at least the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, reaching the initial benchmark in Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s reopening plan. That comes as the Department of Health and Human Services takes into account those who got their shots in other states. That could be …