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A 40-year-old Wisconsin man is in the Houghton County jail after his arrest Tuesday on a drug charge. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies took the man into custody after a traffic stop at midnight Monday. After a brief investigation, officers located and seized a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine and components …

Students feeding the community is something anyone can get behind. On March 30 the Ontonagon Schools Working Mobile Food Pantry will hand out food from Feeding America at the Ontonagon Fire Hall. The working mobile pantry is funded by the Portage health foundation and is a partnership between the organization …

Happy World Water Day! Yesterday students at Hancock Middle School learned just how precious water is in the world.  Claire Fidler, an MTU sustainability student, led the presentation, quizzing students on what place water can be found most. She said that she enjoys showing kids how water and sustainability come …

Two food recalls have been issued that could affect our area. Continental Mills has issued a recall for a single lot of “Great Value Buttermilk Pancake and Waffle Mix” because of potential foreign material contamination. Fragments from a cable used to clear the processing line were discovered in a limited …

The state of Michigan is continuing its advisory that residents limit the amount of smelt from Lake Superior that they eat. The advisory was first posted a year ago, when testing by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources showed elevated levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate in rainbow smelt. Testing later last …

Country music star Russell Dickerson will headline the entertainment at this summer’s U.P. State Fair. The fair will be held in Escanaba August 15th through 21st. The grandstand entertainment schedule will include dirt racing on Monday, a laser light show on Tuesday, an ABBA tribute act on Wednesday, the classic …

All Michigan families who are eligible for food assistance benefits will receive additional money again this month to help deal with the escalating cost of groceries. Payments of at least $95 per family will be made as separate deposits into recipients’ Bridge Card accounts. The additional assistance will help approximately …

The preliminary examinations for two of the three Houghton County men recently charged with child sex crimes have been delayed. Yesterday, the hearing for 21-year-old Kahleb Thorsson Senia-Wicks of Calumet was pushed back to April 18th. 34-year-old Jeffrey David Redd of Laurium had his appearance moved back to April 4th. …

Houghton Portage Elementary School will have a fresh look when students return next fall. At last night’s meeting, board of education members approved a handful of maintenance and upgrade projects that will be addressed during the summer break. The list includes new carpeting in the elementary school hallways and some …

Scenic Michigan, a coalition of Michiganders who want to see the state’s great landscapes protected, are concerned with how wind turbines in the Keweenaw may affect the area’s fall color and snowmobile tourism, and the protection of dark skies in the copper country. James Mehelcic, Secretary of the Guardians of …