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Since Friday there have been nine new COVID-19 cases in Houghton, Keweenaw, and Baraga Counties. The overall rate remains low even as the area has had to absorb the fallout from a potential super spreader event at a Calumet hockey tournament the final weekend of February. An additional 540 people …

Brad Dakota will join the Baraga County Board of Commissioners. Dakota was unanimously selected by the other members last night to fill the unexpired term of Will Wiggins. Wiggins was elected to represent the second district last November. He was forced to resign after learning that his position as a …

Friday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control made public a study conducted by the department to quantify the effects of certain policies on COVID-19 transmission. Mask mandates were shown to curtail the growth in daily COVID-19 cases by 0.5% to 1.9% after they were implemented. Allowing restaurants to host dining …

Starting at 5 PM Thursday until 9 AM Tuesday, March 16th, the Michigan Secretary of State plans to be offline while systems are upgraded. The work will not include the voter registration system. A department press release promises that combines “tens of millions of driver and vehicle records into one …

Director John Griffith says he is confident his group can meet a deadline of March 31st to raise enough funds to secure a land purchase along the Gratiot River in Keweenaw County. Dubbed the missing link, the patchwork of property reaching from Conglomerate Falls to the mouth of the Gratiot …

Over 300 veterans residing in Keweenaw County have a local option for help. Derek Parkinen has been tapped to head a new Veterans Service Office, located in Allouez at the town center on Bumbletown Road. It is the first time that Keweenaw veterans will have their own branch for resolving …

At 3:45 PM Friday, Houghton County Sheriff deputies responded to a collision involving a snowmobile and a vehicle. The crash occurred where Trail 17 crosses US-41 north of Calumet. The snowmobile operator was a 49-year-old man from Ohio who died after being transported to Aspirus Keweenaw. The vehicle was driven …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department released a new COVID-19 update Friday morning covering activity within the past three days. Overall, the numbers look better than was perhaps expected given the release concerning spread at a Calumet hockey tournament that came out last night. Houghton, Baraga, and Keweenaw Counties combined …

Nursing home visits are allowable again, but it won’t be the wild west. Canal View of Houghton County wants to ensure safety as family members return to the facility. Visitations are capped at two people and will only happen in patient rooms in select circumstances where health has them bedridden. …

It’s guaranteed to happen in September. Michigan Tech’s International Programs Department doesn’t know if the Parade of Nations will be in-person or virtual, but they are committing to 9/18 in either case. The theme this year is, “The World is Calling.”  The only thing missing is a logo. Local artists …