Category Archives: Local News

SEMCO is reminding natural gas users of safety measures that should be taken following the recent heavy snowfall. Keep your natural gas pressure regulator and meter free from snow and ice cover. Brush...

Friends and associates are mourning the death of Hancock businessman and former State Representative Mike Lahti, who passed away Monday at age 80. Lahti's business career began when he opened a State ...

The Michigan State Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing man and woman. Troopers are working to locate the couple and verify their well-being. Thirty-two-year-old Paige Nichols...

Tonight's final Houghton City Council meeting for 2025 appears to offer a light agenda. Councilors will fill appointments to various boards, including the Planning Commission, the Housing Commission, ...

The clean-up from yesterday's blizzard continues, and, as uncomfortable as the day was, the Keweenaw Peninsula seems to have gotten off relatively easily. National Weather Service snowfall totals for ...

So... you have a lot of snow to shovel. Don't let the effort send you to the emergency room. The National Institutes of Health reports that snow shoveling results in about 11,500 injuries per year on ...

The Western Upper Peninsula will be represented at one of the nation's premier semiquincentennial events next year. The Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corp from Bessemer has accepted an invitation...

Friends and neighbors are banding together to help some Dollar Bay residents whose home was severely damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon. Dollar Bay firefighters were called out around 1:45 to a hous...

Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy released the 2025 State of the Great Lakes Report, reviewing the department's accomplishments, issues, initiatives and challenges related t...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel notified residents of four consumer protection alerts ahead of the holidays, warning that scammers remain active even after gifts have been unwrapped. The holiday...