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HOUGHTON, MICH. –  Isle Royale National Park  is soliciting proposals for the award of a Concession Contract to provide ferry transportation service from Grand Portage, Minnesota to the park.  The ferry must make the trip from Grand Portage across Lake Superior to Windigo, circumnavigate Isle Royale and make stops at several trailheads …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education held a public hearing to discuss the proposed 2018-2019 budget, followed by its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The Copper Country ISD Board recognized two long time administrators who are retiring, at their board meeting.  Shawn Oppliger, the …

LAURIUM, Mich. – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics proudly welcomes Family Medicine Physician Katie M. Bittner, DO to its excellent team of medical providers. Dr. Bittner specializes in comprehensive and preventive care for the whole family, and she has special clinical interests in women’s health and osteopathic manipulation therapy (OMT). She …

MI-TRALE announced the awarding of four 2018 scholarships to students of Ewen-Trout Creek and Ontonagon High Schools. Each scholarship was for $250.00 and to be used for the student’s continuing education in the fall. The scholarships were presented to: Brianna Delbridge, a senior at Ewen-Trout Creek high school who will …

MI-TRALE strongly supports and encourages the training of all ATV/UTV riders, so they are familiar with the rules and laws in Michigan as well as understand the basics of safe ATV/UTV use. MI-TRALE recently had the opportunity to sponsor ATV training classes for over 90 6th grade students from the …

The US Army National Guard is in town and helping to restore the Keweenaw after the mass devastation caused by last weekend’s storm. “We’re here as long as needed. We’re in support of them. We have fellow Yoopers. We have soldiers from downstate. We specialize in engineering equipment so we …

Crews are working on a bypass for the Swedetown Creek bridge on M-203, but the road won’t be open anytime soon. The bridge was completely destroyed during the floods caused by the weekend storm. Workers from the Michigan Department of Transportation will be putting in a temporary bridge over the …

Houghton County must have their damage cost estimates submitted by 5:00pm today. Five damage assessment teams were working on Dollar Bay, Houghton, and Hancock yesterday after completing their rounds of Lake Linden and Hubbell earlier. The information gathered by the teams is essential in the county’s attempt to receive federal …

June 21, 2018 — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has reopened M-26 after flooding in Houghton County forced several closures Sunday. Other partial and complete closures of state trunkline remain in effect as repair efforts continue: – M-26 is now open to through-traffic from the Portage Lake Lift Bridge …

HOUGHTON, BARAGA, AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES – Western U.P. Health Department has confirmed that surface water samples collected at designated swimming beaches on Portage Lake, the Portage Waterway, and Lake Superior (L’Anse, Ontonagon, east of the North Canal Entry) have high levels of E.coli and fecal coliform bacteria in exceedance of …