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For the eighth straight year, some property owners in L’Anse will have the opportunity to get some financial help to improve the appearance of their buildings. The L’Anse Downtown Development Authority is accepting applications for its Facade Grant Program. Five grants are available… each worth as much as three-thousand dollars. …

Houghton High School’s robotics team, Superior Roboworks team 857, has just returned from the FIRST Robotics of Michigan State Championship tournament in Ypsilanti. This is the second year in a row Superior Roboworks has earned the right to compete in the state tournament. This year their performance in competitions has …

Officials from the village of L’Anse say the let-run order that started in February had a big impact on the community as a whole. Village Manager Bob LaFave says that just from last month, 13,000 gallons were run which is about 7,000 more than usual. He estimates that between $380 …

Lake-Linden Hubbell students have a lot to be excited about with the news coming out of this week’s board of education meeting. The board approved for the schools to enter into an Early College Program agreement with Gogebic Community College which will be funded through the state of Michigan. As …

An inmate who pleaded guilty to his role in killing an inmate at the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco will spend up to 22 and half years in prison. 25 year old Delorean Henderson was sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court to a minimum of ten years in prison for …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is making it easier for Michigan seniors age 65 and older to get a price break on the hunt/fish combo license. The new senior hunt/fish combo license includes a fishing license (good for all legal species), a base hunting license and two deer licenses …

The Copper Country is expecting a special guest today. Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson will be visiting the Houghton branch this morning from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Secretary Johnson will make two other visits in the U.P., one in L’Anse at 10:15 a.m. and the other in Iron …

The Village of Laurium, along with project partners Michigan Department of Transportation and OHM Advisors, was recently presented with an Award of Excellence by the Michigan Concrete Association for the 2013 reconstruction of the M-26 Granitoid Concrete Pavement on Hecla Street and Third Street in Laurium. The Granitoid pavement in …

If you pass by a Michigan State Police post, be sure to tell them Happy Birthday because this week they are celebrating their 97th birthday. To honor the milestone, Governor Rick Snyder has declared this week Michigan State Police History Week. The MSP’s roots date back to World War One …

Imagine you are flown in to speak at an event and you just found out you won the Pulitzer prize. That’s what happened yesterday afternoon when Composer John Luther Adams arrived at Houghton County Airport as he received a phone call notifying him that he just won the 2014 Pulitzer …