Local News

LAURIUM, Mich. – The leaves are changing color. Daylight is getting shorter. Nights are growing colder. It’s hard to deny that fall is here. And, for many households, that means it’s time to pack away summer equipment, rake the yard and harvest the garden for next year’s planting season. No matter …

The Friends of the Portage Lake District Library invite all book lovers to their Used Book Sale beginning on Friday evening, October 5, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and continuing on Saturday, October 6, from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. On Friday early shoppers are encouraged to make a $5 …

Rain and colder temperatures may have deterred a few from attending, but many still turned out yesterday to help spread awareness about domestic violence. Nearly two dozen motorcycles made their way from Calumet to Houghton for the annual Ride Against Abuse.  Slick pavement had many concerned yesterday in Calumet, but …

The fourth-annual Kliakhandler Public Lecture is at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building, room 641, on the campus of Michigan Tech. This year’s lecturer is Nick Trefethen, professor of numerical analysis at Oxford University. The title of his lecture is “The Mathematics of the Faraday …

HOUGHTON, MICH – The two wolves brought to Isle Royale National Park on September 26 have been seen on wildlife cameras and tracked via a GPS monitoring collar, moving around the island and feeding on provisioned moose left for them. The joint capture effort between the Grand Portage Band of …

A bi-partisan group of US Senators are urging the Army Corps of Engineers to allocate and request funding for projects critical to the Great Lakes. The group included Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, as well as 10 other senators on the Great Lakes Task Force. In a letter to …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is continuing their effort to inventory and classify ORV trails throughout the state.  Mapping the state forest roads is meant to encourage more people to enjoy Michigan’s public lands through enhanced off-road vehicle opportunities. The northern Lower Peninsula inventory and classification are complete, currently …

Federal officials will conduct the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s emergency alert system for cell phones Wednesday. At, or around, 2:18, all cell phones will receive a message that says “”THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” All cell phones that …

The Copper Country Community Arts Center is hosting a pre-writing workshop this month called Developing a Novel. Stephanie Flint will lead a series of classes designed to prepare students to write a novel during National Novel Writing Month. Each class will go in-depth about various topics related to developing a …

HOUGHTON, Mich. – A free diabetes self-management workshop is being offered at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton to help adults with Type 2 diabetes improve their health and better manage their symptoms. The workshop provides the skills and tools needed to face the daily challenges of living with diabetes. …