Local News

The start of the new school season is almost here and preparations are being made on the campus of Michigan Tech as the university welcomes a new group of Huskies to the Keweenaw. As many families will be visiting the Houghton/Hancock area this weekend, hotels are booked and the reason …

Upper Peninsula Supply Company of Marquette, in partnership with Homestead Graphics & Design, is donating over $36,000 to help with local flood relief. The check was presented to the Portage Health Foundation’s Flood with Love initiative with funds raised from a t-shirt campaign. Baraga-based Homestead Graphics and Design also donated …

When exchange students from other countries come to the United States to study, they leave behind their long time friends and family in their homeland and venture off into the unknown. Many travel thousands of miles to experience a school year on American soil, with many uncertainties about what lies …

A doctor with offices in Marquette and Traverse City is facing multiple charges of sexual assault. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has charged 43-year-old Dr. Jonathan Robertson with 8 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 3rd degree, related to sexually assaulting female patients in his care. Each count carries …

No one wants to think about the end of summer but the City of Houghton has scheduled their Fall Cleanup. From September 24th through October 26th, residents of the city may bring acceptable items to the city garage at the corner of Technical Avenue and Gundlach Road and dispose of …

The Houghton Skatepark is still on track to be installed this fall. Houghton City Manager Eric Waara said the 90 percent drawings were submitted by the organization for review and approval. Waara said everything looked good so now they will begin to look at scheduling a start date for construction. …

Houghton residents are being asked to be patient when it comes to potentially getting a new Meijer store. Representatives from the company have met with the city manager and plan to do some soil borings on the proposed site. The city of Houghton is working with Portage Township on some …

Both lead and copper levels are back to normal in the City of Houghton. City Manager Eric Waara said they received a letter from the Department of Environmental Quality with the results of their most recent testing which showed no samples with action level exceedance. The 98 percentile for lead …

Repairs to infrastructure in Houghton continue on both flood and non-flood related projects. Houghton City Manager Eric Waara said representatives from FEMA will be staying in town for the foreseeable future at the regular meeting of the City Council Wednesday.  A Program Delivery Manager is expected to arrive after Labor …

Grant applications will be accepted by the Portage Health Auxiliary starting September 1st for funding for health and well-being projects. This funding is for non-profit organizations in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. The Portage Health Auxiliary is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to serve the health and well-being …