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Portage Health Foundation now has a Director of Community Health as part of their team. Dr. Michelle Seguin is leading the foundation’s efforts in more intently focusing on the underlying social determinants of health and their influence on individual, population, and community health. “I am thrilled to join the team …

The continuing battle against sea lampreys soon will come to locations in the local area.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessment crews will conduct work on the Sturgeon River, Houghton County, Michigan, September 3-12, 2019 to estimate the abundance of sea lampreys.  The information gathered will be used to determine …

The City of Houghton draft Master Plan for 2018-2023 is available for public comment at: www.cityofhoughton.com/info-plans.php The City will accept public comments until Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Written comments can be emailed to City Manager Eric Waara at citymanager@cityofhoughton.com, or mailed to: City of Houghton, P.O. Box 606, Houghton, MI …

Finlandia University will be hosting By Faith, an event honoring the Suomi Seminary and remaining living seminarians on September 21-22, 2019. The full schedule of events has officially been finalized and those interested in attending may RSVP here. If you are unable to attend but would like to support the event …

Local food pantries will get a donation to help hungry people thanks to the 10th annual Campioni Classic Charity Golf Outing. The event was held Wednesday at the Portage Lake Golf Course and Pat’s Foods co-owner Ben Campioni says they typically raise between $8,000 and $9,000 every year. “We’ve got …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District has a new place to store their buses. Superintendent George Stockero gave CCISD Board of Education members a tour of the new bus garage at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. The ISD had used the current CTE Center to store their buses.  Once …

The City of Hancock Recreation Commission is sponsoring a playground build at the Little League Field at the Driving Park in Hancock. They are looking for community volunteers and baseball families to help out this Friday and Saturday. The Houghton County Fair is being held at the fairgrounds this weekend …

HOUGHTON, MICH.-– The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to participate in an informational open house meeting and webinar on the draft Non-Wilderness Cultural Resources Management Plan/ Environmental Assessment.  The draft plan evaluates three alternatives for managing the non-wilderness cultural resources in the park:  a no-action alternative (Alternative A) and two action …

There is a park dedicated to Hancock residents who have lost their lives in service to their country directly across from city hall. Because of the heavy growth of trees and other greenery, the wall of names at Memorial Park is easy to miss though it was built to streamline …

While Hancock City Manager Barry Givens is out on medical leave, the workload is being handled by city staff putting in a lot of extra time. One of those people doing a lot of work is City Clerk Mary Babcock, who recently resigned from her position on the Hancock School …