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Over the last decade, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has invested over $630,000 of hunting license sales revenue to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the Upper Peninsula. That significant investment has been made through the Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative, a competitive grant program offered through the …

A paralyzed veteran from Mass City is up walking around for the first time in nearly three decades with the help of a robotic exoskeleton. 58-year-old Dean Juntunen is a medically retired captain from the Air Force who was severely injured in a fall in 1991.  He volunteered to take …

Superior National Bank is working to address a problem over the weekend that led to some fraudulent activity on some customers’ debit and ATM cards. Most of the fraudulent charges were less than $100 and bank officials are contacting affected customers directly and removing any fraudulent charges and corresponding fees …

Residents in the Houghton and Hancock area will soon have a new big box grocery and retail store to choose from.  Discussions have been underway for nearly a year between Meijer, Inc. and the city offices about the possibility of a Houghton Meijer location.  The sale of that property was …

As the push toward the midpoint of winter continues, the annual Heikinpäivä festival continues with more events this week. The Finnish-American celebration of the season features a spinning workshop and a squeaky cheese making class Monday afternoon at the Finnish-American Heritage Center.  The spinning workshop is at 2pm and the …

Upper Peninsula residents will get their first chance to meet new Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist since they were elected in November. The state leaders will be hosting a series of “Whitmer Winter Warmup” events throughout Michigan…including one on February 16th in Marquette.  The event will be held …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member on the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, introduced legislation aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Americans pay – by far – the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Already this year, prices on more than 1,000 medications have …

IRON MOUNTAIN – The Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center is seeking entries in visual arts, creative writing, and performing arts by Veterans for the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival being held March 8, 2019, in Iron Mountain with a chance to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, October …

The Keweenaw Garden Club will host the special event, Armchair Gardening: Lightning Talks and Social at the Portage Lake District Library on Monday, January 21 at 6:30pm. This is the time of year when many gardeners engage in armchair gardening, which entails curling up with a cup of tea and …

The Michigan Department of Transportation held a public meeting at the Houghton City Center last night where residents voiced their concerns and made suggestions that will be taken into consideration for a major reconstruction project that will take place on US-41. Our little town is growing up. And with that …