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Michigan Technological University’s Health Research Institute hosted its 16th COVID-19 town hall Thursday night, but most of the discussion veered into other topics. It started with an update from epidemiologist Kelly Kamm. The main thrust of her presentation was to continue to get vaccinated, and that means both doses if …

At Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting, a raft of items were brought before the panel, including new liquor and marijuana licenses, local paving projects, and an alteration of the fire department’s bylaws. The body approved a permit for a tasting room, similar to the Keweenaw Brewing Company, for a new …

All affected residents of Atlantic Mine, Portage Township, the City of Hancock, and Quincy Hill in Franklin Township can resume using water in food preparation and for consumption. The Western UP Health Department is recommending that you flush the pipes within your home, apartment, or business by running a tap …

Correction: The article originally stated that Phyllis Fredendall was a student at Finlandia. She is not an alumna. She began as Assistant Director of the Finnish-American Heritage Center and gallery director before becoming an adjunct professor in the early 90’s. The area’s two universities are planning very different graduation events, …

At a Thursday morning press conference, Governor Gretchen Whitmer offered several carrots to try and entice Michiganders to get vaccinated. For every threshold met, restrictions will be relaxed. If 55% of eligible adults get their first shot, two weeks later the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will lift the …

Dan Weingarten from the Michigan Department of Transportation told Keweenaw Report last week that they were still in the process of finalizing a start date for the US-41 repaving being done on Michigan Tech’s campus. Meetings were taking place between the different contractors working on the project within just the …

The pier came up in both public comment and as an item on Wednesday’s Houghton City Council agenda. It was asked whether repurposed and recycled materials could be used to help plug the hole caused by rising steel prices, which has thrown the project into limbo. Manager Eric Waara said …

Another area department won a Gary Sinise Foundation grant to replace their self contained breathing apparatus air tanks. This time it was Houghton County’s Village of Calumet. Several Baraga County departments were awarded a grant for tanks as well, also from the Sinise Foundation. The actor has been active in …

Three times a year, bright vests line Michigan’s highways as volunteers pick up litter and roadside garbage. The first of those begins Saturday across the Upper Peninsula. Due to weather, southern regions of the state have already had their spring cleanup. Adopt-A-Highway is nearly 30 years old, asking private businesses, …

The Paulding teenager whose body was recovered Monday will be buried this weekend. A gofundme page set up initially to help defray search and rescue costs related to finding 17-year-old Cam Besonen will instead go towards his funeral. Close friends of the Besonen family are responsible for the drive, whose …