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Here are the winners of this year’s Houghton County Fair Exhibitor’s Awards Exhibitor of the Year (Formerly Homemaker of the Year): Cathy Issacson Open Indoor Best in Show: Sewing—Theresa Shebby Crochet—Melanie Perrault Knitting—Gretchen Hein Quilting—Beegu Keranen Stichery—Sue Harter Other Needlework—Karen Labell Food Preparation–Cathy Isaacson Food Preservation–Diane Eshbach Fine Arts—Joanne Seppanen …

ONTONAGON, Mich. (Aug. 23, 2018)—There’s a lot to love about fall in the Porcupine Mountains and Ontonagon County, and a new campaign from the Porcupine Mountains Convention & Visitors Bureau (PMCVB) aims to show potential visitors just how much they can enjoy in the western U.P. this fall. The PMCVB’s annual Fall …

LAURIUM, Mich. – It’s pretty common for a toddler to take a tumble, get up and toddle on, no worse for wear. However, as we get older, falls can be a serious health risk, even worse, life-threatening. To help raise awareness about the dangers of falls, Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics …

Sea lamprey larvae live in certain Great Lakes tributaries and transform to parasitic adults that migrate to the Great Lakes and kill fish. Failure to kill the larvae in streams would result in significant damage to the Great Lakes fishery. Infested tributaries must be treated every three to five years …

A Houghton native is being featured in an article by the US Navy highlighting hometown servicemen and women. Lt. Jared Moberg is a dentist aboard the USS Frank Cable, an expeditionary submarine tender based in Guam. He was a graduate of Concordia Academy in 2005 and has trained with the …

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 …