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The City of Houghton has approved a zoning change to allow more student rentals near the Michigan Tech campus. Last night, the city council voted to rezone the south side of Houghton Avenue between Townsend Drive and Agate Street from single family to multiple family residential. Numerous citizens spoke in …

Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly is preparing to deliver Easter meals to seniors who would otherwise be alone Sunday. Volunteers are still needed in Calumet, Baraga, and Ontonagon. To see what kind of assistance is needed at each location, visit register.littlebrothers.org, or by call their office at 482-6944 As of …

The CLK Board of Education appointed two new athletic coaches at its meeting Tuesday. Ryan Watt will lead middle school boys track for the 2022 season. Scott Loukus will be the assistant varsity/JV football coach for the 2022 season. He’ll work with new head coach Josh Frantti, who takes over …

The snow is melting and another construction season moves in. Last year work by MDOT cold be found on nearly every road across the Upper Peninsula. This summer, the agency hopes travel will go smoother with less big projects on the docket. In the local area, the largest project is …

Heritage is an important part of the Keweenaw. So when delegates from Finnish companies and Ambassador, Mikko Hautala plan a trip from across the pond, it’s an exciting event. The visitors plan to meet with Michigan Tech, Finlandia University and other groups next month. They’ll be talking about Finland’s clean …

Houghton County continues to discuss the best ways to use federal money coming in from the American Rescue Plan. The county is expecting $6.8 million in ARPA funds. Some has already been earmarked for five new sheriff’s department patrol cars. At their monthly meeting yesterday, county commissioners discussed other options. …

Baraga County will spend some of its American Rescue Plan funds on new locks for the jail. At last night’s county board meeting, Sheriff Joe Brogan explained that the existing electronic locks were installed when the jail was built a quarter-century ago. They’ve been obsolete for a long time, and …

The Baraga County Board of Commissioners will look much different next year. Last night, first-term commissioner Lyle Olsen confirmed that he will not run for reelection in November. Olsen represents District Four. Two of the other five commissioners, Dan Robillard from District Three and current board chair Bill Rolof from …

The Baraga County Board of Commissioners has thrown its support behind four proposed road projects. Last night, Road Commission engineer Doug Mills presented the same two proposals he had brought to the L’Anse Village Council on Monday – reconstruction of the Broad Street-Main Street corridor in L’Anse, and replacement of …

Traffic will be restricted on the Houghton-Hancock Bridge for a while Thursday. The outside northbound lane will be shut down so the Michigan Department of Transportation can install equipment to count traffic on the bridge. The slowdown will begin at 9:00 Thursday morning, and is expected to last several hours.