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At Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting, a raft of items were brought before the panel, including new liquor and marijuana licenses, local paving projects, and an alteration of the fire department’s bylaws. The body approved a permit for a tasting room, similar to the Keweenaw Brewing Company, for a new …

All affected residents of Atlantic Mine, Portage Township, the City of Hancock, and Quincy Hill in Franklin Township can resume using water in food preparation and for consumption. The Western UP Health Department is recommending that you flush the pipes within your home, apartment, or business by running a tap …

Correction: The article originally stated that Phyllis Fredendall was a student at Finlandia. She is not an alumna. She began as Assistant Director of the Finnish-American Heritage Center and gallery director before becoming an adjunct professor in the early 90’s. The area’s two universities are planning very different graduation events, …

Dan Weingarten from the Michigan Department of Transportation told Keweenaw Report last week that they were still in the process of finalizing a start date for the US-41 repaving being done on Michigan Tech’s campus. Meetings were taking place between the different contractors working on the project within just the …

The pier came up in both public comment and as an item on Wednesday’s Houghton City Council agenda. It was asked whether repurposed and recycled materials could be used to help plug the hole caused by rising steel prices, which has thrown the project into limbo. Manager Eric Waara said …

Another area department won a Gary Sinise Foundation grant to replace their self contained breathing apparatus air tanks. This time it was Houghton County’s Village of Calumet. Several Baraga County departments were awarded a grant for tanks as well, also from the Sinise Foundation. The actor has been active in …

Three times a year, bright vests line Michigan’s highways as volunteers pick up litter and roadside garbage. The first of those begins Saturday across the Upper Peninsula. Due to weather, southern regions of the state have already had their spring cleanup. Adopt-A-Highway is nearly 30 years old, asking private businesses, …

The Paulding teenager whose body was recovered Monday will be buried this weekend. A gofundme page set up initially to help defray search and rescue costs related to finding 17-year-old Cam Besonen will instead go towards his funeral. Close friends of the Besonen family are responsible for the drive, whose …

At Tuesday’s Houghton Planning Commission meeting, City Manager Eric Waara talked about potential modifications to Verna Mize Park. Located on the west end, right off Memorial Drive, the small preserve is noisy during the day. Only a thin barricade separates the space from 45 mph highway traffic. There is a …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department is conducting another community vaccination event at the Student Development Complex at Michigan Tech on Thursday. Michael Babcock from the Portage Health Foundation passes along word that there are several openings still available. You have the option of selecting the Moderna or Johnson and …