Category Archives: Local News

The clock is ticking down to Bridgefest, with the parade scheduled for three weeks from today. If you want to be in it, Katie Schlief from the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce suggests you sign up as soon...

Supporters of the Hancock Public School Library turned out to the Hancock City Council meeting last night. The Library is facing deep cuts because of budget issues with the Hancock School District. Re...

The aging electrical cables that connect Houghton and Hancock will be getting an upgrade. At last night's Hancock City Council meeting, a representative from the Upper Peninsula Power Company explaine...

The City of Hancock is getting a new police vehicle. At last night's meeting, council members voted to spend $47,908 for a Ford Explorer equipped for law enforcement use. City Manager Mary Babcock not...

The Hancock City Council will consider the purchase of a radar speed trailer and display at tonight's meeting. Other agenda items include potential approval of the Hancock Campground Connector Trail b...

State environmental officials plan to reissue a key water quality permit for the Line 5 tunnel, according to a preliminary decision announced Tuesday afternoon. Bridge Magazine reports that the permit...

Marquette County is getting another traffic circle. The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to install a roundabout at the intersection of highway M-553 and County Road 480. County Road 480 is...

UPDATE: The Junk Ordinance posted on the South Range Village website was out of date. A more recent ordinance has changed all blight issues into civil infractions, which do not involve the Houghton Co...

The legal pathway has now been cleared for the establishment of the proposed oversight board for the Keweenaw Heartlands acreage. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed three bills that were introduced...

The newest Copper Shores Meals on Wheels Meet and Eat site will debut today. The recent passage of the Elder Nutrition Millage is supporting a push into the southern portion of Houghton County, which ...