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Hancock’s City Council will be hosting a special meeting tonight at 6pm, to discuss a lot split on 326 Mason Street. Information to join the meeting is here. Dial 312-626-6799 and enter Meeting ID 878-9778-5603.

MDOT is reporting 21 motorists died on Michigan roadways this week for a year to date total of 751. Numbers provided by the State Police. 

Thanks to CARES ACT funding, small businesses across the Upper Peninsula will now be able to take advantage of expanded support services offered through Michigan’s Small Business Development Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses are eligible for free business consulting, training and market research. New services include three …

Governor Whitmer will be in the Copper Country today. She’ll be in Calumet for a Deployment Ceremony. She’ll also be discussing the surge in COVID-19 with local officials. Todd Van Dyke asked her how close the U.P. was to taking a step back to Phase 4. “There are a lot …

 There were two drug busts in Houghton County last week. UPSET detectives arrested the suspects on September 23rd, and the cases are not related. 35 year old Hancock resident Antonine Wilson was arrested and charged with one count of delivering methamphetamine and one count of delivering heroin, both are 20 …

Austerity was the watchword, as the Baraga County Board of Commissioners approved the 2020-2021 budget last evening. During the public hearing on the proposed document, commission chair Mike Koskinen listed some of the cuts. “No wage increases, no hours increases, the HSA did not go up, MSU has not been …

Finlandia University has chosen to take things one week at a time, beginning tomorrow, through October 7th. All lecture based classes currently being held in person, will be delivered remotely at their scheduled times. Professors will reach out to students regarding hands-on classes. If you have further questions, you can …

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Houghton County. According to the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, Houghton County has 428 confirmed cases, with one death.  The remaining counties making up the Western Upper Peninsula are Gogebic County with 149 confirmed cases and one death.  Ontonagon County with 41. Baraga County …

If your travel plans include the Mackinac Bridge, be prepared for construction. MDOT Spokesman Dan Winegarten. “On I 75, there’s some concrete repairs, about a quarter of a million dollars in concrete pavement work. Just North of the toll plaza on Mackinac Bridge up to US 2 and that’s gonna …

The Hancock School Public Library will be closed for the remainder of the Houghton County School shutdown. This from a press release from the Portage Lake District Library. Director Dillon Geshel. “The Hancock School Public Library is going to be closed to public patrons and students for the duration of …