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Employees at the Houghton County Courthouse will undergo active shooter training next month. County Administrator Eric Forsberg says the simulation will help teach them what to do if someone with a weapon actually does threaten the building and its occupants… Forsberg said it’s been a few years since such an …

Construction projects in the Adams Township School District are on track. The Board of Education toured work in progress at Jeffers High School during last night’s meeting. Superintendent Tim Keteri told us that the new back entrance to the building will be opened next week. The new third-floor cafeteria is …

Officials from three other states have filed a court argument supporting Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessell’s legal attempt to shut down the Enbridge Line Five Pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac. Nessell’s lawsuit maintains the original 1953 easement that allowed the pipeline to be built was improper, thus making the …

Should Copper Country communities adopt a more public method of saluting our veterans? Gene LaRochelle from the Houghton County Veterans Affairs Board presented an idea to County Commissioners at yesterday’s meeting. He picked it up from the Cincinnati suburb of Owensville, Ohio, where officials began placing banners with photos and …

Glenn Anderson will serve as chair of Houghton County’s Correct Count Committee. The Houghton County commissioner and former Hancock City manager accepted the responsibility at last night’s county board meeting. The Correct Count Committee will work with the U.S. Census Bureau to help make sure all county residents fill out …

The City of Houghton’s new website will be developed by The Marketing Company. The Houghton business was one of five that bid on the job. The Houghton City Council awarded the contract at its meeting last night. The current city site is 10 years old. One of the priorities in …

Flags will be flying at half staff in Michigan today to honor a soldier who died in the Korean War. Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave the order to pay tribute to Sergeant Walter Tobin, Jr. Tobin was a 22-year-old infantryman in 1950 when his unit was attacked near the Chosin Reservoir. …

Michigan drivers will begin to see savings on the car insurance premiums beginning next summer. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association is reducing its annual assessment from $220 per vehicle to $100 per vehicle. And, because of Michigan’s revised auto insurance policies, only drivers who choose to maintain unlimited lifetime personal …

Police are asking for help in locating a man who broke into the the Aspirus Houghton Clinic. Houghton officers responded to an alarm at the building on Cedar Street around 3:15 yesterday morning. They found a broken window on the southeast corner of the building. The suspect had fled the …

The company that provides much of the milk and other dairy products for Copper Country residents has filed for bankruptcy protection. Dean Foods is the largest dairy distributor in the United States. Dean bought U.P.-based Jilbert’s Dairy in 2006. In our area, it also distributes products under its own name, …