Category Archives: News

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UPDATE: The Junk Ordinance posted on the South Range Village website was out of date.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 ...

A Wakefield man faces charges that he possessed and trafficked child pornography. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested 41-...

A major road closure in Portage Township is scheduled to begin today. Superior Road will be shut down for about two weeks from Onkalo's Corner to Main Street in Dodgeville. Bacco Construction will be ...

As we start the week, gasoline prices in Michigan are more than a dime higher than they were last Monday. AAA's ongoing survey pegs this morning's average for a gallon of unleaded regular at $4.84, co...

Snowmobile trail permit fees will be higher next winter. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is required by law to adjust the cost of the permits to match changes in the Consume Price Index e...

Some Western Upper Peninsula streams and rivers could look a little better soon, thanks to a grant from the State of Michigan. The Iron/Baraga Conservation District is getting $5,000 from the Michigan...

From the Ottawa National Forest: The Ottawa National Forest will begin a major effort to repair and replace waterfall viewing platforms, stairways and trail structures along the Black River corridor b...