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Election workers are still needed for the August 4th primary election, and the November 3rd general election. As an election worker, you’ll be an MVP of democracy, helping to ensure free and fair elections for all. As an election worker, you’ll be paid and receive training on how to do …

There’s a new online t shirt  and apparel company, which is dedicated to showing love for the Upper Peninsula. Friends Matt Palomaki from Marquette and Gary Campioni from Dollar Bay, met while attending Northern Michigan University.  Their new business aptly named Showupness, came about during a Facetime conversation. Campioni said …

There’s still work to be done in the battle against COVID-19. This, from Governor Whitmer’s press conference yesterday. In a rare instance, she also complimented President Trump. She also called for Senate republicans to work with House democrats, to come to an agreement on a recovery plan. Whitmer also vowed …

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is urging voters who have absentee ballots, to get them back to their clerk’s office, before the August 4th Primary election. You can send them back by mail, or drop them off to your local clerk’s office, or at a ballot drop box. If you …

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, you may know it simply as “HUD,” has awarded the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community $900,000 as part of their Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat Program, which helps address problems faced by Tribal residents. The funds will be used to construct …

The Houghton-Keweenaw County 4-H Program has awarded their 2020 Senior Scholarship to Houghton resident Noah Bach. Noah highlighted the positive impact 4-H has had on his life, in his winning essay. Bach has served as president of the Copper Tips 4-H Archery Club since 2016 and has won medals in …

A downstate woman was injured in a car-motorcycle crash this afternoon in Houghton. The Houghton police department tells us that a 59-year-old Wheeler woman was driving her motorcycle southbound at the intersection of US-41 and M-26 just before 1:30. She crossed from the far-left lane into the center lane, and …

COVID-19 numbers continue to increase in the western Upper Peninsula. The Western U.P. Health Department is reporting 16 more cases confirmed in Gogebic County since Thursday. Houghton County has five more confirmed cases, and two probables. Ontonagon County has one new probable. The number of diagnosed cases in Houghton, Keweenaw, …

Michigan’s gray wolf population seems to have settled in at around 700. The results of the state Department of Natural Resources survey released yesterday pegged the total at 695, divided among 143 packs. The survey was conducted over the winter. It does not include pups born this spring, nor does …

MDOT will be greasing cables on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge tonight, from 11pm through 6am. The work will require multiple bridge lifts, lasting approximately 30 minutes each. Expect all forms of traffic to be disrupted.