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So far, so good. That was the assessment given yesterday at the Houghton City Council meeting to the city’s preliminary report on the International Property Maintenance Code inspections. City Manager says the code, which was passed last year, was created in response to citizen requests regarding the overall upkeep and …

With the winter season just around the corner, the Houghton City Council decided to make some additions to their water policy. The amendments include policies for let-runs and frozen pipes, as well as catastrophic water events. City Manager Eric Waara says it was important to get everything written down and …

A local professor is having her artwork displayed at an American embassy. Finlandia Professor Emerita Joyce Koskenmaki has recently been chosen for the Art in Embassies program by the U.S. Department of State. Four pieces were purchased for permanent installation in the American Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The work is …

Marquette recently received an international award for mountain biking excellence, and now, one of the city’s bike shops has received similar recognition. The Quick Stop Bike Shop has been named one of America’s best bike shops for 2014. About 200 stores around the country receive the honor from the National …

The Michigan DNR is expecting hunters statewide to harvest about as many deer as last year, but according to its new deer forecast, the U.P. should be different. Many fewer U.P. deer are expected to be in the woods now than a year ago. Public-land doe permits aren’t available anywhere …

Michigan could soon run out of space for female inmates. The Michigan Radio Network has learned that Michigan is 80 female inmates away from being overcrowded at the state’s only female prison in Ypsilanti. The potential problem is caused by female inmates coming into the system at a faster rate …

A Dollar Bay man is recovering this morning after a two-vehicle accident in Houghton Tuesday afternoon. The Houghton Police Department says the accident happened just after noon on M-26 near Razorback Drive. A 19-year-old Hancock man was driving south on M-26 when he was struck by a vehicle driven by …

The sentencing date has been set for the Wisconsin man convicted of posing as a U.S. Marshal and holding two Watton residents at gunpoint during a robbery last summer. 47-year-old Bernard Fish will be sentenced October 20th in Baraga County Circuit Court. Fish was found guilty of two counts each …

Scheduling changes are being made at a Secretary of State’s office in Keweenaw County. Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds residents that the Mohawk office returns to one-day-a-week service instead of two beginning in November as it adjusts to seasonal business volume. The office on US-41 will be open on …

Officials with the Eagle Mine say the mine is now operating and will be ramping up to full production by mid-2015. In a statement released Monday, Lundin Mining says ore from the Eagle Mine is being processed into separate nickel and copper concentrates at the Humboldt Mill and loaded into …