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A fiery crash in Adams Township early this morning sent two people to the hospital for treatment. Houghton County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched a little after 2:00 to the intersection of Canal Road and Old Mill Hill Road. They discovered that a car had rear-ended a construction crane that was …

CLK School District students will be required to wear masks when school opens this fall, after all. At a special meeting last night, the Board of Education reversed its earlier decision to leave masks optional. Superintendent Christopher Davidson summarized the changes… “The face coverings will be required for grades Junior …

The Hancock City Council opened its meeting with a moment of silence, and a tribute to former council member Chuck Wicker. Wicker and his wife owned Kathy’s Country Flowers, and he also had careers as a teacher and administrator. Along with his service on the city council, Wicker was a …

The Calumet village planning commission will consider the zoning changes necessary to proceed with opening up the village to recreational marijuana business at a special meeting tonight. If the commission approves the changes, they will be forwarded to the village council for action. The zoning changes must be put in …

The Feeding America West Michigan Mobile Food Pantry will visit Meadowbrook Arena in L’Anse this afternoon at 2:00. The Mobile Food Pantry will provide a variety of foods, including fresh produce and dairy items to approximately 300 families. Boxes of food will be provided in a drive-through format, on a …

The State of Michigan will pay $600 million dollars to victims of the Flint water crisis. The settlement will be officially announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer tomorrow. 80 percent of the money will go to people who were age 18 or younger in 2014, when a switch in the city’s …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: John R. Diemart, 85, a resident of Eagle Harbor passed away on Thursday August 6, 2020 at Gardenview Assisted Living in Calumet. He was born on January 19, 1935, to Harold and Margaret (Demerling) Diemart in Hammond, Indiana. He attended the …

Calumet continues to push forward toward the potential opening of the village for recreational marijuana business. At Tuesday night’s village council meeting, it was decided to set a special meeting for the planning commission to approve the zoning ordinance that will clear the way for locating potential businesses in designated …

The village of Laurium has joined the Houghton County Recreation Authority. The village council voted to join the effort Tuesday evening. The authority is being formed to provide a unified voice for trails in the county, in order to get grants to help rebuild trails damaged by the Father’s Day …

The TRIO program at Finlandia University has been funded for five additional years. The $1.7 million grant comes from the U.S. Department of Education. The TRIO program provides services for Finlandia students who are low-income, are first-generation college students, or have disabilities. It helps around 180 students each year, and …